Mastering malware analysis : the complete malware analyst's guide to combating malicious software, APT, cybercrime, and IoT attacks / Alexey Kleymenov and Amr Thabet

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Section 1. Fundamental theory. A crash course in CISC/RISC and programming basics -- Section 2. Diving deep into Windows malware. Basic static and dynamic analysis for x86/x64 -- Unpacking, decryption, and deobfuscation -- Inspecting process injection and API hooking -- Bypassing anti-reverse engineering techniques -- Understanding Kernel-mode rootkits -- Section 3. Examining cross-platform malware. Handling exploits and shellcode -- Reversing bytecode languages : .NET, Java, and more -- Scripts and macros : reversing, deobfuscation, and debugging -- Section 4. Looking into IoT and other platforms. Dissecting Linux and IoT malware -- Introduction to macOs and iOS threats -- Analyzing Android malware samples.

With the ever-growing proliferation of technology, the risk of encountering malicious code or malware has also increased. Malware analysis has become one of the most trending topics in businesses in recent years due to multiple prominent ransomware attacks. Mastering Malware Analysis explains the universal patterns behind different malicious software types and how to analyze them using a variety of approaches. You will learn how to examine malware code and determine the damage it can possibly cause to your systems to ensure that it won't propagate any further. Moving forward, you will cover all aspects of malware analysis for the Windows platform in detail. Next, you will get to grips with obfuscation and anti-disassembly, anti-debugging, as well as anti-virtual machine techniques. This book will help you deal with modern cross-platform malware. Throughout the course of this book, you will explore real-world examples of static and dynamic malware analysis, unpacking and decrypting, and rootkit detection. Finally, this book will help you strengthen your defenses and prevent malware breaches for IoT devices and mobile platforms. By the end of this book, you will have learned to effectively analyze, investigate, and build innovative solutions to handle any malware incidents.