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Learning Malware Analysis

You're reading from Learning Malware Analysis Explore the concepts, tools, and techniques to analyze and investigate Windows malware

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2018

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ISBN-13 9781788392501

Length 510 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Malware Analysis

Author (1):

Monnappa K A

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Malware Analysis FREE CHAPTER

2. Static Analysis

3. Dynamic Analysis

4. Assembly Language and Disassembly Primer

5. Disassembly Using IDA

6. Debugging Malicious Binaries

7. Malware Functionalities and Persistence

8. Code Injection and Hooking

9. Malware Obfuscation Techniques

10. Hunting Malware Using Memory Forensics

11. Detecting Advanced Malware Using Memory Forensics

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3. Volatility Overview

Once you acquire the memory of an infected system, the next step is to analyze the acquired memory image. Volatility (http://www.volatilityfoundation.org/releases) is an open source advanced memory forensics framework written in Python that allows you to analyze and extract digital artifacts from the memory image. Volatility can run on various platforms (Windows, macOS, and Linux), and it supports analysis of memory from 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.

3.1 Installing Volatility

Volatility is distributed in several formats, and it can be downloaded from http://www.volatilityfoundation.org/releases. At the time of writing this book, the latest version of Volatility is version 2.6. Depending on the operating system that you intend to run Volatility on, follow the installation procedure for the appropriate operating system.

3.1.1 Volatility Standalone Executable

The fastest way to get started with Volatility is to use the standalone...

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Authors (1)

Monnappa K A

Monnappa K A

Monnappa K A works for Cisco Systems as an information security investigator focusing on threat intelligence and the investigation of advanced cyber attacks. He is a member of the Black Hat review board, the creator of Limon Linux sandbox, the winner of the Volatility plugin contest 2016, and the co-founder of the Cysinfo cybersecurity research community. He has presented and conducted training sessions at various security conferences including Black Hat, FIRST, OPCDE, and DSCI. He regularly conducts training at the Black Hat Security Conference in USA, Asia, and Europe.

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