The Malware Lab is an independent research collective comprised of volunteers that investigates and reports on politically motivated malware attacks, primarily against civil society organizations. The Malware Lab combines technical data with socio-political contextual analysis in order to better understand the capabilities and motivations of the attackers as well as the overall effects and broader implications of targeted attacks.
Our mission is to accurately document and analyze politically motivated, malware attacks in order to raise public awareness, inform policy makers and contribute to the improvement of information security.
The Malware Lab aims to contribute to the improvement of information security by:
* To provide civil society, policy makers and the public with an accurate analysis of politically motivated, malware attacks through the fusion of technical data and socio-political context.
* To enable a community of researchers from diverse backgrounds to contribute to a repository of malware data, develop methods and tools for malware investigations and collaborate on collection, analysis and reporting.
The Malware Lab maintains a blog in which members of the collective publish research findings and share information on research tools and techniques. While many of the blog posts will cover emerging threats and recent attacks members are encouraged to collaborate on in-depth reports and investigations of specific cases.