Since finding malware is a common occurrence for anyone that performs incident response, knowing how to properly analyze that malware is an essential skill. In this course, Malware Analysis Fundamentals, you’ll gain the ability to analyze malware. First, you’ll explore how to keep yourself and your systems safe when analyzing malware. Next, you’ll discover how to get information on the malware by examining its characteristics. Finally, you’ll learn how to execute malware and watch how it interacts with your system. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of malware analysis needed to safely and successfully determine what a malware sample does and the risk it presents.
Author Name: Tyler Hudak
Author Description:
Tyler Hudak has more than 15 years of extensive real-world experience in incident handling, malware analysis, computer forensics, and information security for multiple Fortune 500 firms. He has spoken and taught at a number of security conferences on the topics of malware analysis, incident response, and penetration testing, and brings his frontl ine experience and proven techniques to bear in his training.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Introduction and Setting up Your Malware Analysis Lab
  19mins
• Static Analysis: Identifying Malware
  24mins
• Static Analysis: Analyzing Embedded Strings
  29mins
• Static Analysis: Understanding the PE Header
  29mins
• Lab 1: Static Analysis
  20mins
• Dynamic Analysis Considerations
  13mins
• Dynamic Analysis: Detecting Malware System Changes
  17mins
• Dynamic Analysis: Monitoring Malware Behavior
  24mins
• Lab 2: Dynamic Analysis
  12mins
• Progressing Your Malware Analysis Skills
  6mins