Malware authors use various advanced techniques to install their kernel driver and to bypass Windows security mechanisms. Once the kernel driver is installed, it can modify the system components or third-party drivers to bypass, deflect, and divert your forensic analysis. In this chapter, you looked at some of the most common rootkit techniques and we saw how to detect such techniques using memory forensics. Memory forensics is a powerful technique, and using it as part of your malware analysis efforts will greatly help you understand adversary tactics. Malware authors frequently come up with new ways to hide their malicious component, so it is not enough just to know how to use the tools; it becomes important to understand the underlying concepts to recognize the efforts by the attackers to bypass the forensic tools.
Learning Malware Analysis
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Overview of this book
Malware analysis and memory forensics are powerful analysis and investigation techniques used in reverse engineering, digital forensics, and incident response. With adversaries becoming sophisticated and carrying out advanced malware attacks on critical infrastructures, data centers, and private and public organizations, detecting, responding to, and investigating such intrusions is critical to information security professionals. Malware analysis and memory forensics have become must-have skills to fight advanced malware, targeted attacks, and security breaches.
This book teaches you the concepts, techniques, and tools to understand the behavior and characteristics of malware through malware analysis. It also teaches you techniques to investigate and hunt malware using memory forensics.
This book introduces you to the basics of malware analysis, and then gradually progresses into the more advanced concepts of code analysis and memory forensics. It uses real-world malware samples, infected memory images, and visual diagrams to help you gain a better understanding of the subject and to equip you with the skills required to analyze, investigate, and respond to malware-related incidents.
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Learning Malware Analysis
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Free Chapter
Introduction to Malware Analysis
Static Analysis
Dynamic Analysis
Assembly Language and Disassembly Primer
Disassembly Using IDA
Debugging Malicious Binaries
Malware Functionalities and Persistence
Code Injection and Hooking
Malware Obfuscation Techniques
Hunting Malware Using Memory Forensics
Detecting Advanced Malware Using Memory Forensics
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Index
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