Ethical Hacking for Malware Analysis

Malware is one of the growing issues that security experts deal with and will continue to deal with for the foreseeable future. As an ethical hacker, you must be aware of what malware is, how it works, and how to analyze it when encountered. Malware has evolved from being an inconvenience to being quite dangerous, advancing to the point where it is now harmful and capable of stealing passwords, personal data, money, and a wide variety of other data from an unwary user. Malware is not new; the term was developed to encompass the many different types of malicious code such as viruses, worms, adware, scareware, spyware, and now ransomware. It continues to get worse in many ways because of how the internet works and the interconnectivity between data, applications, and the complexity of software development, introducing errors and vulnerabilities attackers take advantage of. Lastly, malware continues to get into systems because users who don’...