MALWARE ANALYSIS

Catalog description

This course introduces fundamental concepts of active malware analysis. The course defines and develops the skills needed to analyze and dissect modern malicious software threats. Students develop a workflow that includes the use of static and dynamic tools to assess and reverse engineer a variety of file formats commonly used by threat actors. Assemblers and disassemblers for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures are utilized to analyze files and code samples. Basic reporting strategies and outlets are discussed. Prerequisites: COMP6500 (3 credits)