---
id: 3882
title: "Rust for Malware Development"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/rust-for-malware-development"
published_at: "2025-03-24 00:00"
tags: ["rust", "red-team", "reverse-engineering", "malware-development", "evasion", "shellcode"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3882"
lang: en
---

# Rust for Malware Development

## Summary

Bishop Fox compares Rust and C/C++ for malware: larger, harder-to-analyze binaries complicate reverse engineering and can slip past signature detection — demonstrated with a simple shellcode dropper.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2025-03-24 00:00
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/rust-for-malware-development
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3882