Chapter 14: Malware Analysis
"The target of a malware infection is to exploit a system, therefore malware analysis becomes very important as a mechanism to better understand the malware to reduce the probability and impact of future attacks."
– Patricia Herrera, MSc in Cybersecurity
Malware analysis is considered by many as an offensive security task. However, as a master in defensive security, you must know the basics of this process so that you can leverage it in your defensive security strategy.
Therefore, while this chapter aims to cover the basics of malware analysis, we will also cover some advanced topics, including a hands-on activity to show you how to perform basic malware analysis, but more importantly, how to gather (and interpret) the most valuable information resulting from the analysis.
Here are details of the main topics that we will cover in this chapter:
- Importance of malware analysis
- Malware basics, including functionality...
