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Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803240244

Length 572 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Malware Analysis

Authors (2):

Amr Thabet

Alexey Kleymenov

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 Fundamental Theory

2. Chapter 1: Cybercrime, APT Attacks, and Research Strategies FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: A Crash Course in Assembly and Programming Basics

4. Part 2 Diving Deep into Windows Malware

5. Chapter 3: Basic Static and Dynamic Analysis for x86/x64

6. Chapter 4: Unpacking, Decryption, and Deobfuscation

7. Chapter 5: Inspecting Process Injection and API Hooking

8. Chapter 6: Bypassing Anti-Reverse Engineering Techniques

9. Chapter 7: Understanding Kernel-Mode Rootkits

10. Part 3 Examining Cross-Platform and Bytecode-Based Malware

11. Chapter 8: Handling Exploits and Shellcode

12. Chapter 9: Reversing Bytecode Languages – .NET, Java, and More

13. Chapter 10: Scripts and Macros – Reversing, Deobfuscation, and Debugging

14. Part 4 Looking into IoT and Other Platforms

15. Chapter 11: Dissecting Linux and IoT Malware

16. Chapter 12: Introduction to macOS and iOS Threats

17. Chapter 13: Analyzing Android Malware Samples

18. Index

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Static and dynamic analysis of x86 (32- and 64-bit) samples

There are multiple tools available to engineers that may facilitate both static and dynamic analysis of Linux malware. In this section, we will cover the most popular solutions and provide basic guidelines on how to start using them efficiently.

Static analysis

We have already covered the tools that can present the ELF structure information in a human-friendly way. Beyond this, there are many other categories of tool that will help speed up analysis.

File type detectors

The most popular solution, in this case, would be the standard file utility. It not only recognizes the type of data but also provides other important information. For example, for ELF files, it will also confirm the following:

Whether it is a 32- or 64-bit sample
What is the target platform
Whether the symbol information was stripped or not
Whether it is statically or dynamically linked (as in, whether it is using embedded libraries...

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