Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD – Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code Tools and Techniques fro Fighting Malicious code

A computer forensics "how-to" for fighting malicious code and analyzing incidents

With our ever-increasing reliance on computers comes an ever-growing risk of malware. Security professionals will find plenty of solutions in this book to the problems posed by viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, rootkits, adware, and other invasive software. Written by well-known malware experts, this guide reveals solutions to numerous problems and includes a DVD of custom programs and tools that illustrate the concepts, enhancing your skills.
* Security professionals face a constant battle against malicious software; this practical manual will improve your analytical capabilities and provide dozens of valuable and innovative solutions
* Covers classifying malware, packing and unpacking, dynamic malware analysis, decoding and decrypting, rootkit detection, memory forensics, open source malware research, and much more
* Includes generous amounts of source code in C, Python, and Perl to extend your favorite tools or build new ones, and custom programs on the DVD to demonstrate the solutions

Malware Analyst's Cookbook is indispensible to IT security administrators, incident responders, forensic analysts, and malware researchers.

Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD is a collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples designed to enhance the analytical capabilities of anyone who works with malware. Whether you're tracking a Trojan across networks, performing an in-depth binary analysis, or inspecting a machine for potential infections, the recipes in this book will help you achieve your goals more quickly and accurately. The book goes beyond how to tackle challenges using free or inexpensive tools. It also includes a generous amount of source code in C, Python, and Perl that show how to extend your favorite tools or build your own from scratch. Complete coverage of: Classifying Malware, Manipulation of PE files, Packing and Unpacking, Dynamic Malware Analysis, Analyzing Malicious Documents, Analyzing Shellcode, Analyzing Malicious URLs, Open Source Malware Research, Decoding and Decrypting, Analysis Tool Development, Attack Code, Working with DLLs, AntiRCE, AntiDebugging, AntiVM, Basics of Static analysis with IDA, Basics of Dynamic Analysis with Immunity/Olly, Physical memory forensics, Live/system forensics, Inter-process communication. The DVD will contain original, never-before-published custom programs from the authors to demonstrate concepts in the recipes. This tool set will include files required to complete reverse-engineering challenges and files required for the reader to follow along with exhibits/figures in the book.

A computer forensics "how-to" for fighting malicious code and analyzing incidents With our ever-increasing reliance on computers comes an ever-growing risk of malware. Security professionals will find plenty of solutions in this book to the problems posed by viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, rootkits, adware, and other invasive software. Written by well-known malware experts, this guide reveals solutions to numerous problems and includes a DVD of custom programs and tools that illustrate the concepts, enhancing your skills. Security professionals face a constant battle against malicious software; this practical manual will improve your analytical capabilities and provide dozens of valuable and innovative solutions Covers classifying malware, packing and unpacking, dynamic malware analysis, decoding and decrypting, rootkit detection, memory forensics, open source malware research, and much more Includes generous amounts of source code in C, Python, and Perl to extend your favorite tools or build new ones, and custom programs on the DVD to demonstrate the solutions Malware Analyst's Cookbook is indispensible to IT security administrators, incident responders, forensic analysts, and malware researchers.