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Live Malware Hunting: Reverse Engineering Unknown Malware in Real Time

Live Malware Hunting: Reverse Engineering Unknown Malware in Real Time

Source: YouTube · Malware Research Diary · published Jun 2, 2026 · 1:01:12

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The host is testing a new live stream setup by performing basic triage and identification on randomly downloaded malware samples using VirusTotal, starting with a Windows executable that communicates via Telegram 0:05.

Key Takeaways:
• This is the host's first live stream, serving primarily as a technical test of the broadcasting platform 0:05.
• The session's objective is to conduct surface-level analysis on randomly hunted files rather than deep reverse engineering 0:19.
• The first sample analyzed is an unidentified executable submitted to VirusTotal for initial triage 0:46.
• VirusTotal reveals the file is a standard 64-bit Windows executable named "spreader" that notably utilizes Telegram 1:15.

The stream provides a casual, high-level overview of malware triage workflows before the transcript ends, with further analysis of the Telegram-enabled executable likely following.

Sources:

  • 0:05 Host introduces the stream and tests the setup
  • 0:19 Explains the goal of basic file identification
  • 0:46 Opens an unknown executable file for examination
  • 1:15 Identifies the file as a 64-bit executable using Telegram

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First 800 characters of the transcript

Hello. Hello everyone. Um just testing out the live streaming um today. So hopefully everything um is okay. It's my first time. Um yeah. So today there's I download a variety different type of random files um that I was hunting and um we today just going to take a look quick look and see what they are. So um the goal is not going into depth of the um analysis or reversing. It's just um providing some basic information and see if we can get anything out of it. Okay. So let's start with uh I don't know what this is file executable. So let's searching on v total see if there's any information about this. So spreader um 64 window executable anything stand out this out nothing stand very standard um some tough Oh, so it's using telegram of uh communication in here. Um there's some type potentia…