You're reading from Malware Development for Ethical Hackers Learn how to develop various types of malware to strengthen cybersecurity

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801810173

Length 390 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Mr. Zhassulan Zhussupov

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Malware Behavior: Injection, Persistence, and Privilege Escalation Techniques FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: A Quick Introduction to Malware Development

3. Chapter 2: Exploring Various Malware Injection Attacks

4. Chapter 3: Mastering Malware Persistence Mechanisms

5. Chapter 4: Mastering Privilege Escalation on Compromised Systems

6. Part 2: Evasion Techniques

7. Chapter 5: Anti-Debugging Tricks

8. Chapter 6: Navigating Anti-Virtual Machine Strategies

9. Chapter 7: Strategies for Anti-Disassembly

10. Chapter 8: Navigating the Antivirus Labyrinth – a Game of Cat and Mouse

11. Part 3: Math and Cryptography in Malware

12. Chapter 9: Exploring Hash Algorithms

13. Chapter 10: Simple Ciphers

14. Chapter 11: Unveiling Common Cryptography in Malware

15. Chapter 12: Advanced Math Algorithms and Custom Encoding

16. Part 4: Real-World Malware Examples

17. Chapter 13: Classic Malware Examples

18. Chapter 14: APT and Cybercrime

19. Chapter 15: Malware Source Code Leaks

20. Chapter 16: Ransomware and Modern Threats

21. Index

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Summary

In this chapter, we researched ransomware in detail. We looked at popular cases and analyzed the code of one of the most influential ransomware attacks, Conti Leaks. We studied what best practices the authors of this leak adopted from malware development. We realized that in the modern landscape of cyber threats, ransomware occupies a very important, leading role and will remain one of the main threats for many years to come.

We also implemented a simple program that encrypts and decrypts a file with the AES algorithm using WINAPI. Of course, it cannot simulate full-fledged ransomware as it is found in the wild, but it can be a good starting point for your own threat and adversary simulation projects.

In this book, I tried to cover all areas of malware development. Like any program, the development of malware is also fascinating in its own way, complex in its own way, and, of course, still shrouded in mystery. The further and deeper you study this science, the more questions...