Behavioral Malware Analysis from CDW

Course Overview

Overall Proficiency Level

2 - Intermediate

Course Prerequisites

This is an introductory course in malware analysis. It is for security practitioners who already have a firm understanding of the internals of desktop operating systems and a general understanding of common threats to computer systems.

Required Knowledge & Experience:

A firm understanding of the purpose and function of major components in a desktop operating system – processes, services, memory, APIs, file systems, Windows Registry.
CompTIA Security+ and/or a high-level understanding of the common forms of malware (such as ransomware), and the dangers they each present.

Recommended:

End-user experience with virtualized operating systems (VMware, VirtualBox, etc.)
Windows host command-line administration
Familiarity with the Sysinternals tool suite

Optional:

Prior incident handling/response experience
Administrative experience with virtual machines

Training Purpose

Functional Development

Skill Development

Specific Audience

All

Delivery Method

Classroom

Online, Instructor-Led

Course Locations

8890 McGaw Road
Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21045

625 W Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661

5908 Headquarters Drive
Suite 400
Plano, TX 75024

201 N Franklin St
Floor 37
Tampa, FL 33602

40 E. Rio Salado Parkway
Suite 200
Tempe, AZ 85281

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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):

Behavioral Malware Analysis

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