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Refer to the exhibit. During a static analysis of the potentially malicious executable obpdisp.exe, a SOC analyst identifies several functions of the executable. The analyst must carefully consider th

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Submitted by klara.se· Mar 6, 2026Forensics Techniques

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Refer to the exhibit. During a static analysis of the potentially malicious executable obpdisp.exe, a SOC analyst identifies several functions of the executable. The analyst must carefully consider the implications of these functions to effectively assess the threat level. Given these findings, which step should the analyst take next to further investigate and understand the threat?

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  • AConduct dynamic analysis to observe the malware's behavior in a controlled environment.
  • BCreate a named mutex object to prevent the malware from running multiple instances.
  • CIgnore the file because static analysis has not flagged anything out of the ordinary in the sample.
  • DRetrieve the address of an exported function to understand the malware's API interactions.

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#Malware analysis#Static analysis#Dynamic analysis#Threat assessment
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