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Behavioral Malware Analysis
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.
Provider Information
CDW
625 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60661
Course Overview
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
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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):
Competency Areas
Feedback
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