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OT Malware Analysis: FrostyGoop

In this lab, you’ll practice analyzing OT malware. When you’re finished, you’ll have the skills to identify the abuse of OT protocols and GoLang binaries.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 3h 15m
Published
Clock icon Feb 18, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Welcome!

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Identify Go Binaries

    You'll use Detect-It-Easy (DIE) and Yara to identify Go binaries for the Windows operating system.

  3. Challenge

    Observe FrostyGoop Capabilities

    You will use basic analysis techniques to identify FrostyGoop capabilities, as well as Wireshark to capture and investigate network traffic.

  4. Challenge

    Reverse Engineer FrostyGoop

    You will use IDA Pro to reverse engineer the FrostyGoop binary and identify key capabilities.

  5. Challenge

    Welcome to the Final Challenge!

    Analyze additional FrostyGoop samples!

Dr. Josh Stroschein is an Assistant Professor at Dakota State University where he teaches malware analysis, software exploitation, reverse engineering, and penetration testing. Josh also works as a malware analyst for Bromium, an end-point security company and is the Director of Training for the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF).

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Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

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