MAL400 Fundamentals of Malware Analysis

Course Overview MAL400 - Fundamentals of Malware Analysis is an introductory course that exposes students to the theoretical knowledge and hands-on techniques for analyzing malware. Students will learn how to identify and analyze software that causes harm to users, computers and networks as part of an overall cyber defense and incident response plan. Understanding how malware works and what it was designed to do is crucial to thwarting future attacks.   Objectives To obtain the basic skills needed for the identification and analysis of software that causes harm to users, computers and networks Target Audience New malware analysts looking to increase their arsenal of techniques, or others looking to break into the malware analysis field Estimated Course Length: 24 hours Day 1 Introduction to the overall malware analysis process and methodology. Students define terminology, learn specific malware types and cover fundamental approaches of analysis, in addition to learning how to effec