BlackBerry releases new security tool for reverse-engineering PE files

guest · Aug 3, 2020

BlackBerry releases new security tool for reverse-engineering PE files
BlackBerry open-sources PE Tree, a new malware reverse-engineering tool for analyzing Portable Executable (PE) files
August 3, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/black...curity-tool-for-reverse-engineering-pe-files/

Today, at the Black Hat USA 2020 security conference, BlackBerry released a new tool for the cyber-security community.

Named PE Tree, this is a new Python-based app for Linux, Mac, and Windows that can be used to reverse-engineer and analyze the internal structure of Portable Executable (PE) files -- a common file that malware authors have used to hide malicious payloads.
The tool has been open-sourced on GitHub since last week, but today marks its official release.

"The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence team initially developed this open source tool for internal use and is now making it available to the malware reverse engineering community," it added.
The tool is an alternative to PE-bear, a similar app developed by Malwarebytes malware analyst Aleksandra "Hasherezade" Doniec.
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CYBER-SECURITY VENDORS EMBRACING THE OPEN-SOURCE SPACE
PE Tree also marks the release of yet another useful cyber-security tool into the open source space. This is a major change in approach for cyber-security firms, which have historically kept their internal tools out of the public eye, or closed-source and under expensive commercial licenses.
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JEAM · Aug 4, 2020

Thanks for the report. For me, the biggest news here is to learn that BlackBerry is still around. I thought they'd gone the way of the dinosaurs.

guest · Aug 5, 2020

mood said: ↑

BlackBerry releases new security tool for reverse-engineering PE files August 3, 2020
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Announcement: BlackBerry Releases Free Reverse Engineering Tool to Help Fight Cybersecurity Attacks

BlackBerry today announced it is making available a free open-source tool for cybersecurity professionals called PE Tree, that significantly reduces the time and effort required to reverse engineer malware. Today’s announcement demonstrates BlackBerry’s continued commitment to the cybersecurity community in the fight against constantly evolving cyber threats.

“We’ve created this solution to help the cybersecurity community in this fight, where there are now more than one billion pieces of malware with that number continuing to grow by upwards of 100 million pieces each year.”
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BlackBerry’s Open Source PE Tree Tool for Malware Reverse Engineers

PE Tree is developed in Python and supports the Windows®, Linux® and Mac® operating systems. It can be installed and run as either a standalone application: [...]
Looking to the Future
PE Tree remains under active development, so expect to see new features frequently. The next major release will focus on rekall support, offering the ability to view and dump processes from either a memory dump or live system:
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