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Malware Analysis Techniques

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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839212277

Length 282 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

VMware Server

Concepts

Malware Analysis

Author (1):

Dylan Barker

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Basic Techniques

2. Chapter 1: Creating and Maintaining your Detonation Environment FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Static Analysis – Techniques and Tooling

4. Chapter 3: Dynamic Analysis – Techniques and Tooling

5. Chapter 4: A Word on Automated Sandboxing

6. Section 2: Debugging and Anti-Analysis – Going Deep

7. Chapter 5: Advanced Static Analysis – Out of the White Noise

8. Chapter 6: Advanced Dynamic Analysis – Looking at Explosions

9. Chapter 7: Advanced Dynamic Analysis Part 2 – Refusing to Take the Blue Pill

10. Chapter 8: De-Obfuscating Malicious Scripts: Putting the Toothpaste Back in the Tube

11. Section 3: Reporting and Weaponizing Your Findings

12. Chapter 9: The Reverse Card: Weaponizing IOCs and OSINT for Defense

13. Chapter 10: Malicious Functionality: Mapping Your Sample to MITRE ATT&CK

14. Section 4: Challenge Solutions

15. Chapter 11: Challenge Solutions

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Challenge

For this challenge, you'll be tasked with dynamically analyzing the ransomware threat NetWalker. Utilizing the sample pack located in the Technical requirements section of this chapter, attempt to answer the following questions:

Which process(es) does PowerShell spawn as a result of opening the .PS1 file? Why?
Does the malware attempt to download, or succeed in downloading any secondary stages? Why or why not?
Does the malicious process inject into any other process(es)? If so, which ones?
Bonus: Can you tell which technique the actor is using for process injection? How?

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Authors (1)

Dylan Barker

Dylan Barker

Dylan Barker is a technology professional with 10 years' experience in the information security space, in industries ranging from K12 and telecom to financial services. He has held many distinct roles, from security infrastructure engineering to vulnerability management. In the past, he has spoken at BSides events and has written articles for CrowdStrike, where he is currently employed as a senior analyst.

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