misp-taxonomies/malware

Malware Classification

Malware Categories

All malware samples should be classified into one of the categories listed in the table below.

Virus

Worm

Trojan

Ransomware

Rootkit

Downloader

Adware

Spyware

Obfuscation Classification

All malware samples should be classified into one of the categories listed in the table below.

no-obfuscation

No obfuscation is used

encryption

encryption

oligomorphism

oligomorphism

metamorphism

metamorphism

stealth

stealth

armouring

armouring

encryption

encryption

tunneling

tunneling

XOR

XOR

BASE64

BASE64

ROT13

ROT13

## Payload Classification

Memory Classification

Machine-parsable Malware Classification

The repository contains a JSON file including the machine-parsable tags along with their human-readable description. The software can use both representation on the user-interface and store the tag as machine-parsable.

malware_classification:malware-category="virus"

Based on:

https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/incident/malware-101-viruses-32848