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Windows Malware Analysis Essentials

By : Victor Marak
Book Image

Windows Malware Analysis Essentials

By: Victor Marak

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Chapter 4. Traversing Across Parallel Dimensions

Understanding the essentials of dealing with packed and encrypted malware is paramount when dealing with real world malware. In tandem, you should also be able to follow malware activity as it goes to and fro between the user mode and the kernel mode, or tries nifty tricks to be as stealthy or destructive as it can be. In this chapter, you will learn the following:

  • The process of unpacking packed binaries

  • Kernel mode debugging with IDA Pro, Virtual KD, and VMWare

  • Windows internals concepts