How To Install quark-engine on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install quark-engine on Kali Linux. quark-engine is Android Malware (Analysis | Scoring System)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install quark-engine on Kali Linux.

What is quark-engine

quark-engine is:

Quark-Engine is a full-featured Android analysis framework written in Python for hunting threat intelligence inside the APK, DEX files. Since it is rule-based, you can use the ones built-in or customize as needed. With ideas decoded from criminal law, Quark-Engine has its unique angles for Android analysis. A Dalvik bytecode loader has been developed that has tainted analysis inside but also defeats the obfuscation techniques used against reverse engineering. And surprisingly, the loader matches perfectly the design of the malware scoring system. Quark-Engine is very easy to use and also provides flexible output formats. There are three types of output reports: detail report, call graph, and summary report. With these reports in mind, you can get an overview of the high-risk behavior inside Android within seconds. Also, by integrating with other Android analysis tools such as Ghidra, APKLAB, Jadx, Quark-Engine can greatly improve the efficiency of reverse engineers.

There are three methods to install quark-engine on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install quark-engine Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install quark-engine using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install quark-engine

Install quark-engine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install quark-engine using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install quark-engine

Install quark-engine Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install quark-engine using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quark-engine

How To Uninstall quark-engine on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the quark-engine package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove quark-engine

Uninstall quark-engine And Its Dependencies

To uninstall quark-engine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quark-engine

Remove quark-engine Configurations and Data

To remove quark-engine configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge quark-engine

Remove quark-engine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove quark-engine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quark-engine

Dependencies

quark-engine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install quark-engine package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.