Explore the world of malware and analyse how malware can infect systems and cause damage.

Malware analysis is like a cat-and-mouse game. Malware authors keep devising new techniques to evade the pruning eye of a malware analyst, while malware analysts keep finding ways to identify and neutralize these techniques. In this module, we will embark on a journey to learn malware analysis from the basics to understanding the common techniques malware authors use. Finally, we will learn about the tools that enable a malware analyst to gain a foothold in identifying what the malware authors are up to and defeat them.

x86 Architecture Overview

A crash course in x86 architecture to enable us in malware reverse engineering.

x86 Assembly Crash Course

A crash course in x86 assembly to enable us in malware reverse engineering.

Windows Internals

Learn and understand the fundamentals of how Windows operates at its core.

Dissecting PE Headers

Learn about Portable Executable files and how their headers work.

Basic Static Analysis

Learn basic malware analysis techniques without running the malware.

MalBuster

You are tasked to analyse unknown malware samples detected by your SOC team.

Advanced Static Analysis

Learn how to identify code constructs and examine the assembly code of malware.

Basic Dynamic Analysis

Learn how to analyze malware Dynamically by running them in a Virtual Machine.

Dynamic Analysis: Debugging

Learn more advanced techniques of dynamic malware analysis.

Anti-Reverse Engineering

Learn the techniques used by malware authors to bypass detection.

MalDoc Static Analysis

Perform detailed static analysis on malicious documents.

Lock in what you learned with a recap. Earn points and keep your streak.

Need to know

Incident Response (Legacy)

Understand the mindset behind effective response on security incidents, and apply them through real-world tactics and techniques.

What are modules?

A learning pathway is made up of modules, and a module is made of bite-sized rooms (think of a room like a mini security lab).

Hierarchical diagram showing how learning pathways contain modules, which contain individual rooms.

Malware Analysis