The v7.3.0 capa release comes with the following three major enhancements:

1. Support for VMRay sandbox analysis archives

Unlock powerful malware analysis with capa's new VMRay sandbox integration! Simply provide a VMRay analysis archive, and capa will automatically extract and match capabilities to streamline your workflow. This is the second support for the analysis of dynamic analysis results after CAPE.

2. Support for BinExport files generated by Ghidra

BinExport files store disassembled data into a Protocol Buffer format. capa now supports the analysis of BinExport files generated by Ghidra. Using Ghidra and the BinExport file format users can now analyze ARM (AARCH64) ELF files targeting Android.

3. Introducing the capa rules website

You can now browse capa's default rule set at https://mandiant.github.io/capa/rules. In modern terminals the CLI capa tool hyperlinks to resources on the web, including entries on the capa rules website. Furthermore, https://mandiant.github.io/capa provides a landing page for the capa tool project.

Additional updates

• capa Explorer Web received several enhancements and bug fixes.
• Support for the IDA Pro 9.0 IDAPython API while keeping compatibility to older IDA Pro versions
• Six rules have been added and two rules have been updated

Thanks to @r-sm2024 for their contribution in https://github.com/mandiant/capa/pull/2155 and their further work. And of course a big thanks to the community for reporting issues, participating in discussions, and supporting the capa tool and capa rules.

New Features

• regenerate ruleset cache automatically on source change (only in dev mode) #2133 @s-ff
• add landing page https://mandiant.github.io/capa/ @williballenthin #2310
• add rules website https://mandiant.github.io/capa/rules @DeeyaSingh #2310
• add .justfile @williballenthin #2325
• dynamic: add support for VMRay dynamic sandbox traces #2208 @mike-hunhoff @r-sm2024 @mr-tz
• cli: use modern terminal features to hyperlink to the rules website #2337 @williballenthin
• support analyzing BinExport2 files generated by Ghidra #1950 @williballenthin @mehunhoff @mr-tz
• add support for Android OS #1950 @williballenthin @mehunhoff @mr-tz
• add support for aarch64 architecture via BinExport2 backend #1950 @williballenthin @mehunhoff @mr-tz

New Rules (6)

• linking/static/minhook/linked-against-minhook jakub.jozwiak@mandiant.com
• linking/static/sqlite3/linked-against-sqlcipher wballenthin@google.com
• host-interaction/network/traffic/filter/delete-network-filter-via-wfp-api jakub.jozwiak@mandiant.com
• host-interaction/network/traffic/filter/enumerate-network-filters-via-wfp-api jakub.jozwiak@mandiant.com
• nursery/check-thread-suspend-count-exceeded ervinocampo@google.com
• nursery/create-thread-bypassing-process-freeze ervinocampo@google.com

Bug Fixes

• fix duplicate features shown in vverbose mode @williballenthin #2323
• fix code path reference in linter @williballenthin #2350

capa explorer IDA Pro plugin

• update IDAPython to IDA Pro 9.0 @mr-tz
• fix byte search IDA Pro 7.5 compatibility @mr-tz #2371

Raw diffs

• capa v7.2.0...v7.3.0
• capa-rules v7.2.0...v7.3.0