YARA allows analysts to define custom detection rules based on string or binary patterns, enabling discovery of novel malware that doesn’t match known signatures. This flexibility supports advanced threat hunting and memory/file scanning. By contrast, passive or signature-based engines and external threat feeds are limited to known indicators and cannot detect unknown variants in real time.
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