Tool Path
YARA
Classify files by what is inside them. Learn YARA rule anatomy (meta, strings, condition), choose reliable text and hex patterns, combine them with boolean conditions, control false positives with specificity and context, and test a rule against safe synthetic artifacts.
Curriculum
- 01Available
YARA Foundations
What YARA answers, and rule anatomy: the meta block, the strings block, and the condition that decides a match.
- 02Available
Pattern Types
Text strings, hex patterns with wildcards, regex, and string modifiers (nocase, wide, ascii, fullword) — and how to choose stable ones.
- 03Available
Rule Quality
Boolean conditions, string counts (#s > 3), filesize and context guards, specificity, and controlling false positives.
- 04Available
Artifact Investigation
The workflow: inspect a safe artifact, identify characteristics, select patterns, write and test a rule, then refine — on synthetic files.