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Malware Analysis Techniques. Tricks for the triage of adversarial software

Malware Analysis Techniques. Tricks for the triage of adversarial software

Dylan Barker

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Malicious software poses a threat to every enterprise globally. Its growth is costing businesses millions of dollars due to currency theft as a result of ransomware and lost productivity. With this book, you'll learn how to quickly triage, identify, attribute, and remediate threats using proven analysis techniques.

Malware Analysis Techniques begins with an overview of the nature of malware, the current threat landscape, and its impact on businesses. Once you've covered the basics of malware, you'll move on to discover more about the technical nature of malicious software, including static characteristics and dynamic attack methods within the MITRE ATT&CK framework. You'll also find out how to perform practical malware analysis by applying all that you've learned to attribute the malware to a specific threat and weaponize the adversary's indicators of compromise (IOCs) and methodology against them to prevent them from attacking. Finally, you'll get to grips with common tooling utilized by professional malware analysts and understand the basics of reverse engineering with the NSA's Ghidra platform.

By the end of this malware analysis book, you’ll be able to perform in-depth static and dynamic analysis and automate key tasks for improved defense against attacks.
  • 1. Creating and Maintaining Your Detonation Environment
  • 2. Static Analysis – Techniques and Tooling
  • 3. Dynamic Analysis – Techniques and Tooling
  • 4. A Word on Automated Sandboxing
  • 5. Advanced Static Analysis – Out of the White Noise
  • 6. Advanced Dynamic Analysis – Looking at Explosions
  • 7. Advanced Dynamic Analysis Part 2 – Refusing to Take the Blue Pill
  • 8. De-Obfuscating Malicious Scripts – Putting the Toothpaste Back in the Tube
  • 9. The Reverse Card – Weaponization of IOCs and OSINT for Defense
  • 10. Malicious Functionality – Mapping your sample’s behavior against MITRE ATT&CK
  • 11. Challenge Solutions
  • Title: Malware Analysis Techniques. Tricks for the triage of adversarial software
  • Author: Dylan Barker
  • Original title: Malware Analysis Techniques. Tricks for the triage of adversarial software
  • ISBN: 9781839210068, 9781839210068
  • Date of issue: 2021-06-18
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_2a4w
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing