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You're reading from Mastering Malware Analysis The complete malware analyst's guide to combating malicious software, APT, cybercrime, and IoT attacks

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789610789

Length 562 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Malware Analysis

Authors (2):

Alexey Kleymenov

Amr Thabet

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Fundamental Theory FREE CHAPTER

2. A Crash Course in CISC/RISC and Programming Basics

3. Section 2: Diving Deep into Windows Malware

4. Basic Static and Dynamic Analysis for x86/x64

5. Unpacking, Decryption, and Deobfuscation

6. Inspecting Process Injection and API Hooking

7. Bypassing Anti-Reverse Engineering Techniques

8. Understanding Kernel-Mode Rootkits

9. Section 3: Examining Cross-Platform Malware

10. Handling Exploits and Shellcode

11. Reversing Bytecode Languages: .NET, Java, and More

12. Scripts and Macros: Reversing, Deobfuscation, and Debugging

13. Section 4: Looking into IoT and Other Platforms

14. Dissecting Linux and IoT Malware

15. Introduction to macOS and iOS Threats

16. Analyzing Android Malware Samples

17. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Static and dynamic analysis of PDF files

Now, it is time to learn how malicious PDF files can be analyzed. Here, we will cover various tools that can facilitate the analysis and give some guidelines on when and how they should be used.

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Authors (2)

Alexey Kleymenov

Alexey Kleymenov started working in the information security industry in his second year at university and now has more than 14 years of practical experience at several international cybersecurity companies. He is a malware analyst and software developer who is passionate about reverse engineering, automation, and research. Alexey has taken part in numerous investigations analyzing all types of malicious samples, has developed various systems to perform threat intelligence activities in the IT, OT, and IoT sectors, and has authored several patents. Alexey is a member of the (ISC)² organization and holds the CISSP certification. Finally, he is a founder of the RE and More project, teaching people all over the world how to perform malware analysis in the most efficient way.

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Amr Thabet

Amr Thabet is a malware researcher and an incident handler with over 10 years of experience. He has worked in several Fortune 500 companies, including Symantec and Tenable. Currently, he is the founder of MalTrak, providing real-world in-depth training in malware analysis, incident response, threat hunting, and red teaming to help the next generation of cybersecurity enthusiasts to build their careers in cybersecurity. Amr is also a speaker and trainer at some of the top security conferences all around the world, including Blackhat, DEFCON, Hack In Paris, and VB Conference. He was also featured in Christian Science Monitor for his work on Stuxnet.

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