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15. Malware Payload Dissection and Classification

Abhijit Mohanta1  and Anoop Saldanha2
(1)
Independent Cybersecurity Consultant, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
(2)
Independent Cybersecurity Consultant, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
 

A poisonous snake bites a person. What is the procedure to treat a snakebite victim? You take the patient to the hospital. First, there must be an assurance that the victim has been bitten by a snake and not by any other animal. Next, the patient is given an antidote, but not any antidote. A victim bitten by cobra cannot be treated by the antidote for a black mamba’s venom. So, before ...

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