CLI analysis recipes

March 6, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

This page focuses on practical flag combinations for common analysis outputs.

In-report memory snapshots (--snapshot-memory-regions)

Command:

speakeasy -t sample.exe --snapshot-memory-regions -o report.json

Expected artifact:

  • entry_points[*].memory.layout[*].data_ref populated with SHA-256 refs
  • top-level data populated with base64(zlib(raw_bytes)) entries

Quick verification:

jq '.entry_points[].memory.layout[] | select(.data_ref != null) | .tag' report.json

Tradeoff:

  • report size increases, but repeated payloads deduplicate across runs

Coverage collection (--analysis-coverage)

Command:

speakeasy -t sample.exe --analysis-coverage -o report.json

Expected artifact:

  • entry_points[*].coverage contains executed instruction addresses

Quick verification:

jq '.entry_points[] | {start_addr, coverage_count: (.coverage // [] | length)}' report.json

Tradeoff:

  • extra tracing overhead increases runtime

Memory tracing (--analysis-memory-tracing)

Command:

speakeasy -t sample.exe --analysis-memory-tracing -o report.json

Expected artifact:

  • per-region access counters in memory.layout[*].accesses
  • symbol access summaries in sym_accesses

Quick verification:

jq '.entry_points[] | {start_addr, sym_accesses: (.sym_accesses // [] | length)}' report.json

Tradeoff:

  • substantial runtime impact on memory-heavy samples

String extraction controls (--analysis-strings / --no-analysis-strings)

Enable:

speakeasy -t sample.exe --analysis-strings -o report.json

Disable:

speakeasy -t sample.exe --no-analysis-strings -o report.json

Quick verification:

jq '.strings' report.json

Tradeoff:

  • disabling strings reduces report size and post-processing time

Dropped files archive (--dropped-files-path)

Command:

speakeasy -t sample.exe --dropped-files-path dropped.zip

Expected artifact:

  • dropped.zip with files written during emulation and a manifest

Quick verification:

unzip -l dropped.zip

Tradeoff:

  • captures useful payload artifacts but adds archive creation overhead

Combined triage profile

Command:

speakeasy -t sample.exe \
  --timeout 30 \
  --analysis-coverage \
  --analysis-memory-tracing \
  --snapshot-memory-regions \
  --dropped-files-path dropped.zip \
  -o report.json

Use this profile when you want broad telemetry and artifact capture in one run.