Chapter 1. Getting Started with Automated Malware Analysis using Cuckoo Sandbox

Malware analysis is a process of identifying malware behavior, what they are doing, what they want, and what their main goals are. Malware analysis involves a complex process in its activity. Forensics, reverse engineering, disassembly, debugging, these activities take a lot of time in the progress. The goal of malware analysis is to gain an understanding of how a malware works, so that we can protect our organization by preventing malware attacks.

Malware analysis methodologies

There are two common methodologies of the malware analysis process commonly used by malware analysts: static analysis (or code analysis) and dynamic analysis (or behavior analysis). These two ...

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