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Arm yourself with knowledge and bring the fight to the bad guys! Practical Malware Analysis & Triage (PMAT) brings the state of the art of malware analysis to you in engaging instructional videos and custom-made, practical labs.

Welcome to Practical Malware Analysis & Triage. I’m Matt, aka HuskyHacks, and I’m excited to be your instructor for this course. I had a blast putting it together and I hope that you will come along with me and learn the art of splicing, slicing, inspecting, and dissecting malware samples.

Malware analysis and memory forensics are powerful analysis and investigative techniques used in reverse engineering, digital forensics, and incident response. With adversaries getting sophisticated and carrying out advanced malware attacks on critical infrastructures, Data Centers, private and public organizations, it is essential for cyber-security professionals to have the necessary skills to detect, respond and investigate such intrusions. Malware analysis and memory Forensics have become a must-have skill for fighting advanced malwares, targeted attacks, and security breaches. This hands-on training teaches the concepts, tools, and techniques to analyze, investigate, and hunt malwares by combining two powerful techniques malware analysis and memory forensics. After taking this course, attendees will be better equipped with the skills to analyze, investigate, and respond to malware-related incidents.

In today’s threat landscape, sophisticated adversaries have routinely demonstrated the ability to compromise enterprise networks and remain hidden for extended periods of time. To achieve this, malware authors employ a wide variety of obfuscation and anti-analysis techniques at each phase of an attack. Developing the skills necessary as a malware analyst to properly detect, triage and reverse engineer advanced attacker intrusion tactics and techniques requires experience and a diverse set of tools and skills. In this path you will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to analyze malicious office documents, dig deep into native and interpreted code through disassembly and decompilation, identify and defeat prevalent obfuscation techniques. The courses in this path with take you from malware analysis basics to advanced topics so that you can generate valuable threat intelligence to aid in your efforts to defend your organization, respond more effectively to an incident or gain deeper understanding of the latest malware threats. This skills path may assist in attaining the knowledge and skills outlined in the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework in the following areas: K0259 & K0479 Knowledge of malware analysis concepts and methodologies. S0131 Skill in analyzing malware.

Syllabus

Malware Analysis Fundamentals

Malware Analysis: Initial Access Techniques

Malware Analysis: Malicious Activity Detection

Malware Analysis: Initial File Triage

Getting Started Analyzing Malware Infections

Getting Started with Reverse Engineering

Pluralsight: Malware Analysis

The ability to perform digital investigations and incident response is a critical skill for many occupations. Unfortunately, digital investigators frequently lack the training or experience to take advantage of the volatile artifacts found in physical memory. Volatile memory contains valuable information about the runtime state of the system, provides the ability to link artifacts from traditional forensic analysis (network, file system, registry), and provides the ability to ascertain investigative leads that have been unbeknownst to most analysts. Malicious adversaries have been leveraging this knowledge disparity to undermine many aspects of the digital investigation process with such things as anti-forensics techniques, memory resident malware, kernel rootkits, and encryption (file systems, network traffic, etc.). The only way to turn-the-tables and defeat a creative digital human adversary is through talented analysts.

This course demonstrates why memory forensics is a critical component of the digital investigation process and how investigators can gain the upper hand. The course will consist of lectures on specific topics in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X memory forensics followed by intense hands-on exercises to put the topics into real world contexts. Our goal is to give you practical experience with all the major facets of memory analysis. For example, you’ll defeat disk encryption, recover cached passwords, investigate insider theft, compliment network forensics with data you find in memory, and hunt for attackers throughout corporate networks. We still leave enough room for detecting common RATs and hacker tools, reversing packed/compressed malicious code, and generating timelines from memory. You’ll even customize your own automated memory artifact scanner and engage in a fast-paced, challenging CTF that involves corroborating evidence across multiple memory samples (i.e., Windows PCs, Linux servers).

Memory Analysis: Malware and Memory Forensics Training

FOR710: Reverse-Engineering Malware – Advanced Code Analysis prepares malware specialists to dissect sophisticated Windows executables, such as those that dominate the headlines and preoccupy incident response teams across the globe. This course not only includes the necessary background and instructor-led walk throughs, but also provides students with numerous opportunities to tackle real-world reverse engineering scenarios during class.

Are you interested in dissecting malicious software in order to understand its mechanics and purpose? The Malware Analysis Professional Learning Path provides a holistic approach to reverse engineering and analyzing all aspects of malware. During the learning process, you will come across realistic and even real-world malware such as ransomware, botnets, and rats, against which you will perform reverse engineering, static analysis, and dynamic analysis activities. The Malware Analysis Professional Learning Path also prepares you for the eCMAP exam and certification.