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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.
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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.
What's a lab?
Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.