volatility vs radare2

volatility

An advanced memory forensics framework (by volatilityfoundation)

#Python #Malware #volatility-framework #Memory #Ram

radare2

UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset [Moved to: https://github.com/radareorg/radare2] (by radare)

#radare2 #C #CommandLine #Reverse Engineering #Forensics #Security #binary-analysis #malware-analysis #Disassembler #HacktoberFest

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volatility		radare2
	Project
18	Mentions	1
6,480	Stars	15,238
2.2%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	9.9
3 months ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
Python	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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volatility

Posts with mentions or reviews of volatility. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-28.

What is the appropriate uncompressed kernel ELF to use with dwarf2json? [ 5.19.0-42-generic #43~22.04.1-Ubuntu ], in order to create generate a custom symbols table to conduct linux memory forensics on Ubuntu 22.04?
2 projects | /r/computerforensics | 28 May 2023

I need this to create generate a custom symbols table (using dwarf2json), in order to run a memory dump acquired by Ubuntu 22.04, as Ubuntu 22.04 kernel does not work anymore with volatility 2 (Issue here: volatilityfoundation/volatility#828)
How to inspect a Linux machine
2 projects | dev.to | 13 Nov 2022

Analyzing memory dumps can be hard, especially at the beginning. You might want to use comprehensive Frameworks like volatility.
PChunter equivalent on Linux?
4 projects | /r/blackhat | 20 Jun 2022

volatility - Version 2 Version 3
Awesome CTF : Top Learning Resource Labs
72 projects | /r/TutorialBoy | 13 Nov 2021

Volatility - To investigate memory dumps.
Cannot process recent Windows 10 memory dumps in Volatility
2 projects | /r/computerforensics | 22 Dec 2020

https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility/wiki/2.6-Win-Profiles#profile-lists

radare2

Posts with mentions or reviews of radare2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-13.

Awesome CTF : Top Learning Resource Labs
72 projects | /r/TutorialBoy | 13 Nov 2021

radare2 - A portable reversing framework.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing volatility and radare2 you can also consider the following projects:

gef - GEF (GDB Enhanced Features) - a modern experience for GDB with advanced debugging capabilities for exploit devs & reverse engineers on Linux

binwalk - Firmware Analysis Tool [Moved to: https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk]

shellbags - Cross-platform, open-source shellbag parser

volatility3 - Volatility 3.0 development

MalConfScan - Volatility plugin for extracts configuration data of known malware

picoCTF - The platform used to run picoCTF 2019.

pwndbg - Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB Made Easy

pwntools - CTF framework and exploit development library

radare2-book - Radare2 official book

ps_mem - A utility to accurately report the in core memory usage for a program

nipe - An engine to make Tor network your default gateway [Moved to: https://github.com/htrgouvea/nipe]

radare2 vs gef

volatility vs binwalk