Introduction to Malware Analysis for Incident Responders

Description

Increase your cybersecurity capability by learning to perform dynamic and static malware analysis!

Nearly every incident response that occurs in the cyber security field comes back to the initial intrusion vector: malware. In this course, you will learn about the various types and categories of malware, their symptoms, and how they work. As an incident responder, it is imperative that you understand the symptoms of malware, but more importantly that you are able to understand what that malware is doing, and quickly. So, if you have ever wondered how to better understand malware, this is the course for you!

- You will understand the steps and processes involved in static and dynamic malware analysis.
- You will be able to perform basic dynamic malware analysis.
- You will understand the various types of malware found in the wild

Anyone who wants to gain an understanding of how malware functions. Anyone who wants to learn the steps and processes involved in malware analysis

In this course, you will learn how to perform the basics of dynamic malware analysis, a tried and true method of understanding what an unknown binary (malware) is doing on an infected system.

- You will build your own malware analysis virtual lab to create a safe analysis environment using FlareVM. * - We will perform the analysis on a real-world piece of malware to fully understand the concepts covered in this course.

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Jason Dion, CISSP No. 349867, is an adjunct instructor at Liberty University's College of Engineering and Computational Science and Anne Arundel Community College's Department of Computing Technologies with multiple information technology professional certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Network Defense Architect (CNDA), Digital Forensic Examiner (DFE), Digital Media Collector (DMC), Security+, Network+, A+, PRINCE2, and Information Technology Infrastructure Library v3. He has been a deputy director of a network operations center, and an information systems officer for large organizations around the globe.

1. Introduction

2. Malware Concepts: Building a solid foundation upon which to learn

3. Malware Analysis: Foundational concepts before begin working with malware

4. Setting Up the Analysis Environment (FlareVM)

5. Conducting the Analysis

6. Conclusion