Malicious Web Script Analysis

Malicious web scripts are somewhat different beasts to binary malware. While the analyzing approach is quite similar to binary malwares, the tools are a little different. Firebug is a web development and testing tool that will function as a generic debugger for our purposes.

The feature set of Firebug from the official site:

  • Inspect HTML and modify style and layout in realtime
  • Use the most advanced Javascript debugger available for any browser
  • Accurately analyze network usage and performance
  • Extend Firebug and add features to make Firebug even more powerful
  • Get the information you need to get it done with Firebug

In the preceding image, you can see that the Script tab ...

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