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Specialized Malware: Ransomware
Ransomware has become a top security threat to businesses and their data. This course will teach you how ransomware works through hands-on analysis of real ransomware.
What you'll learn
Ransomware targets data access and security through data encryption and exfiltration. In this course, Specialized Malware: Ransomware, you’ll learn to analyze ransomware to understand its key capabilities and potential weaknesses. First, you’ll explore how ransomware finds and encrypts files using Windows system calls. Next, you’ll discover how to examine ransomware’s internal workings in a debugger. Finally, you’ll learn how to analyze ransomware’s network activity to identify data exfiltration and lateral movement. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of ransom needed to analyze and remediate ransomware infections.
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About the author
Howard Poston is a freelance copywriter, course developer, and consultant. He created over 20 online courses and authored Python for Cybersecurity and Blockchain Security from the Bottom Up.