Mandiant Launches XRefer Tool for Malware Analysis
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🧩 Mandiant introduces XRefer, a new tool for malware analysis. XRefer is a modular IDA Pro plugin designed to enhance malware reverse engineering by providing analysts with efficient navigation and understanding of complex binaries. It utilizes Gemini-powered cluster analysis to break down binaries into functional units, offering a high-level overview of malware architecture. Additionally, XRefer features a context-aware view that updates based on the current function being analyzed, streamlining the identification of relevant code paths and artifacts. The tool supports Rust binaries and includes capabilities for artifact exclusion, path analysis, and API trace navigation, ultimately aiming to improve incident response times and triage effectiveness in malware investigations. XRefer is now available as an open-source tool on Mandiant’s GitHub repository.
