--- title: Static Malware Analysis of Suspicious Windows PE... description: A walkthrough of static malware analysis on suspicious Windows PE samples using a REMnux and FLARE-VM lab environment. The investigation covers a layered... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/static-malware-analysis-of-suspicious-windows-pe-samples-a-blue-team-investigation-prri2xgqw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Static Malware Analysis of Suspicious Windows PE Samples: A Blue Team Investigation | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of static malware analysis on suspicious Windows PE samples using a REMnux and FLARE-VM lab environment. The investigation covers a layered... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/static-malware-analysis-of-suspicious-windows-pe-samples-a-blue-team-investigation-prri2xgqw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/prRi2XGQw.png og:image:alt: Static Malware Analysis of Suspicious Windows PE Samples: A Blue Team Investigation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Static Malware Analysis of Suspicious Windows PE Samples: A Blue Team Investigation **[InfoSec Write-ups](https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of static malware analysis on suspicious Windows PE samples using a REMnux and FLARE-VM lab environment. The investigation covers a layered methodology: hash identification, VirusTotal correlation, metadata inspection with ExifTool, string extraction with FLOSS, PE structure analysis with PEview and Detect It Easy, and capability mapping with CAPA. Key findings include registry persistence via autorun keys, process injection APIs (VirtualAlloc, WriteProcessMemory, CreateRemoteThread), embedded C2 domains, and obfuscated strings — all consistent with AsyncRAT-like RAT behavior. Results are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK for actionable SOC detection engineering. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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