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Mastering Malware Analysis - Second Edition

By : Alexey Kleymenov, Amr Thabet
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Book Image

Mastering Malware Analysis - Second Edition

5 (2)
By: Alexey Kleymenov, Amr Thabet

Overview of this book

New and developing technologies inevitably bring new types of malware with them, creating a huge demand for IT professionals that can keep malware at bay. With the help of this updated second edition of Mastering Malware Analysis, you’ll be able to add valuable reverse-engineering skills to your CV and learn how to protect organizations in the most efficient way. This book will familiarize you with multiple universal patterns behind different malicious software types and teach you how to analyze them using a variety of approaches. You'll learn how to examine malware code and determine the damage it can possibly cause to systems, along with ensuring that the right prevention or remediation steps are followed. As you cover all aspects of malware analysis for Windows, Linux, macOS, and mobile platforms in detail, you’ll also get to grips with obfuscation, anti-debugging, and other advanced anti-reverse-engineering techniques. The skills you acquire in this cybersecurity book will help you deal with all types of modern malware, strengthen your defenses, and prevent or promptly mitigate breaches regardless of the platforms involved. By the end of this book, you will have learned how to efficiently analyze samples, investigate suspicious activity, and build innovative solutions to handle malware incidents.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1 Fundamental Theory
4
Part 2 Diving Deep into Windows Malware
10
Part 3 Examining Cross-Platform and Bytecode-Based Malware
14
Part 4 Looking into IoT and Other Platforms

Summary

In this chapter, we became familiar with malware targeting non-Windows systems such as Linux that commonly power IoT devices. Firstly, we went through the basics of the ELF structure and covered syscalls. We described the general malware behavior patterns shared across multiple platforms, went through some of the most prevalent examples, and covered the common tools and techniques used in static and dynamic analysis.

Then, we took a look at the Mirai malware and put our newly obtained knowledge into practice by using it as an example and coming to understand various aspects of its behavior. Finally, we summarized the techniques that are used in static and dynamic analysis for the malware targeting the most common RISC platforms and beyond. By this point, you should have enough fundamental knowledge to start analyzing malware related to virtually any common architecture.

In Chapter 12, Introduction to macOS and iOS Threats, we will cover the malware that targets Apple...