In this chapter, we became familiar with various types of vulnerabilities, the exploits targeting them, and different techniques that aim to battle them. Then, we learned about shellcode, how it is different for different platforms, and how it can be analyzed.
Finally, we covered the most common types of exploits used nowadays in the wild, that is, malicious PDF and Microsoft Office documents, and explained how to examine them. With this knowledge, you will be able to gauge the attacker's mindset and understand the logic behind various techniques that can be used to compromise the target system.
In Chapter 8, Reversing Bytecode Languages: .NET, Java, and More, we are going to learn how to handle malware that's written using bytecode languages, what challenges the engineer may face during the analysis, and how to deal with them.
