Behavioral Malware Analysis teaches you the fundamental skills necessary to analyze malicious software from a behavioral perspective. From simple key loggers to massive botnets, this class covers a wide variety of current threats. Using system monitoring tools and analytic software, you will analyze real-world malware samples in a training environment, giving you hands-on experience building secure lab environments, classifying malware, analyzing behavioral characteristics and their effects to systems, and documenting your findings. You will leave the course with the skills and abilities required to be an effective malware analyst.
Learning Objectives
- Set up a secure lab environment in which to analyze malicious software
- Build and maintain a tool set of freely available, trusted tools
- Classify different types of malware and describe their capabilities
- Analyze malware samples of varying types to ascertain their specific behavioral characteristics and their impact on a system
- Determine if a given sample is persistent and, if so, identify and remediate the persistence mechanism(s)
- Identify when a sample is aware of its virtual environment and will require more advanced static or dynamic analysis
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):