• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

Hiding malware within documents has become one the main methods attackers use to compromise systems. In this course, Performing Malware Analysis on Malicious Documents, you will learn how to look at documents to determine if they contain malware, and if so, what that malware does. First, you will explore how to analyze malicious Adobe PDF and Microsoft Office documents. Next, you will discover how attackers obfuscate scripts within malicious documents, and how you can defeat that obfuscation to determine the script's purpose. Finally, you will dive into the tools required to perform this analysis safely and quickly. When you're finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to perform malware analysis on malicious documents.

Learning Objectives

  • Performing Document Analysis
  • Analyzing PDF Documents
  • Performing JavaScript Analysis
  • Analyzing Office Documents
  • Performing VBA Script 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):

Specialty Areas

  • Digital Forensics
  • Incident Response

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.