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MACE (MAlware Configuration Extrator)

License

Description

This project aims to provide functionality for the automated extraction of malware configuration from samples. The extracted information is focused on the C2 communication of the sample. This includes hardcoded domains and IPs and parameters of used Domain Generation Algorithms.

Installation

From crates.io with cargo
```
cargo install mace
```

From git

cargo install --git https://github.com/0x6e66/mace

git clone https://github.com/0x6e66/mace.git
cargo install --path mace

Or run without installation

git clone https://github.com/0x6e66/mace.git
cd mace
cargo run -- --help

Supported malware families

Note: Automatic classification of malware families is not yet implemented

Example usage

Analyzing the DMSniff sample f4be1b8d67e33c11789d151d288130254d346ecc0f4738a12ce3a34d86ec646d

$ mace direct -f dm-sniff sample.exe | jq
{
  "header": {
    "sha256_of_sample": "f4be1b8d67e33c11789d151d288130254d346ecc0f4738a12ce3a34d86ec646d",
    "datetime_of_extraction": "2025-03-31T18:27:17.391055677+02:00",
    "extractor_used": "DMSniff"
  },
  "data": {
    "hardcoded_ips": [],
    "hardcoded_domains": [],
    "dga_parameters": {
      "number_sequences": {
        "primes": [
          5,
          3,
          1,
          7,
          13,
          11
        ]
      },
      "string_sequences": {
        "tlds": [
          ".com",
          ".org",
          ".net",
          ".ru",
          ".in"
        ]
      },
      "strings": {
        "prefix": "st"
      },
      "magic_numbers": {
        "counter": 50
      }
    }
  }
}

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