ASD launches malware analysis tool on GitHub

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has announced the public release of its open‑source malware analysis tool called Azul.

ASD says that Azul enables government and private sector partners to collaborate on threat understanding, quickly identify common malware behaviours, and improve the speed and precision of response activities. It provides three major capabilities including:

• Acting as a storage for malware and suspicious files to aid malware analysts and to share malicious files safely.
• Performing automated malware analysis, such as sandbox execution, config extraction and file carving.
• Correlation of different samples of malware that share similar functionality or C2 information.
   

Azul is highly scalable, browser based and built on industry-standard technologies. It combines a structured repository with plugins and tooling to extract metadata, perform binary analysis and support clustering of related samples.

Open‑source tools like Azul support the broader cyberthreat intelligence ecosystem by enabling knowledge sharing, improving analytical practices, and building resilience against evolving malware threats.

Azul is designed to support malware investigators, incident responders, analysts and cyber teams in large organisations and government agencies.

To learn more about Azul and discover how it can help an organisation strengthen its internal capability, cyber defences and response readiness, click here.

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