What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introduction to the Security Landscape, introduces you to the security landscape, the types of malware, the protection systems, and the basics of antivirus software.

Chapter 2, Before Research Begins, teaches you how to gather antivirus research leads with well-known dynamic malware analysis tools in order to bypass antivirus software.

Chapter 3, Antivirus Research Approaches, introduces you to the antivirus bypass approaches of vulnerability-based antivirus bypass and detection-based antivirus bypass.

Chapter 4, Bypassing the Dynamic Engine, demonstrates the three antivirus dynamic engine bypass techniques of process injection, dynamic link library, and timing-based bypass.

Chapter 5, Bypassing the Static Engine, demonstrates the three antivirus static engine bypass techniques of obfuscation, encryption, and packing.

Chapter 6, Other Antivirus Bypass Techniques, demonstrates more antivirus bypass techniques – binary patching, junk code, the use of PowerShell to bypass antivirus software, and using a single malicious functionality.

Chapter 7, Antivirus Bypass Techniques in Red Team Operations, introduces you to antivirus bypass techniques in real life, what the differences between penetration testing and red team operations are, and how to perform antivirus fingerprinting in order to bypass it in a real-life scenario.

Chapter 8, Best Practices and Recommendations, teaches you the best practices and recommendations for writing secure code and enriching malware detection mechanisms in order to prevent antivirus bypassing in the future.