National CAE Designated Institution
  • Online, Instructor-Led
  • Classroom

This course serves as an intermediate course on malware analysis. It is the second part in a
three-course series. This course, Tier 2, focuses on intermediate analysis of a file that has
been deemed suspicious with the intent of determining what the file does and how it does it.

Learning Objectives

  • Demonstrate knowledge of software reverse engineering techniques
  • Demonstrate knowledge of reverse engineering concepts.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of debugging procedures and tools.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of malware analysis tools (e.g., Olly Debug, IDA Pro).
  • Demonstrate knowledge of binary analysis.
  • Demonstrate skill in deep analysis of captured malicious code (e.g., malware forensics).
  • Demonstrate skill in analyzing anomalous code as malicious or benign.
  • Demonstrate skill in interpreting results of debugger to ascertain tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  • Demonstrate skill in performing packet-level analysis using appropriate tools (e.g.,Wireshark, tcpdump).
  • Demonstrate skill in reverse engineering (e.g., hex editing, binary packaging utilities, debugging, and strings analysis) to identify function and ownership of remote tools.

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

  • Incident Response
  • Digital Forensics
  • Exploitation Analysis
  • Targets
  • Training, Education, and Awareness

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.