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Hunting for Malware
Learn to hunt for malware evasion techniques on a Windows endpoint. Practice identifying hidden processes, detecting masquerading attempts, and analyzing anti-analysis mechanisms using both native Windows tools and security applications.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Getting Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Identifying Evasion Techniques
Detect malware's attempts to hide using evasion techniques, such as process masquerading and hidden windows, to avoid detection.
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Detecting Anti-Analysis Mechanisms
Uncover malware's anti-analysis and anti-debugging techniques
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Additional Evasion Analysis
Analyze additional evasion techniques and their artifacts, such as timestamp tampering and command encoding.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
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