Learning Malware Analysis

1. Computer Basics

A computer is a machine that processes information. All of the information in the computer is represented in bits. A bit is an individual unit that can take either of the two values 0 or 1. The collection of bits can represent a number, a character, or any other  piece of information.

Fundamental data types:

A group of 8 bits makes a byte. A single byte is represented as two hexadecimal digits, and each hexadecimal digit is 4 bits in size and called a nibble. For example, the binary number 01011101 translates to 5D in hexadecimal. The digit 5 (0101) and digit D (1101) are the nibbles:

Apart from bytes, there are other data ...