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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.

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):

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback on this course, please e-mail the NICCS team at NICCS@mail.cisa.dhs.gov. Please keep in mind that NICCS does not own this course or accept payment for course entry. If you have questions related to the details of this course, such as cost, prerequisites, how to register, etc., please contact the course training provider directly. You can find course training provider contact information by following the link that says “Visit course page for more information...” on this page.

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