Malware Analysis and Detection Engineering: A Comprehensive Approach to Detect and Analyze Modern Malware

© Abhijit Mohanta, Anoop Saldanha 2020

A. Mohanta, A. SaldanhaMalware Analysis and Detection Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6193-4_8

8. Persistence Mechanisms

Abhijit Mohanta¹  and Anoop Saldanha²

(1)

Independent Cybersecurity Consultant, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

(2)

Independent Cybersecurity Consultant, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 

Malware has different purposes. Banking malware needs to stay in the system and monitor browser activities. A keylogger needs to stay in the system to monitor keystrokes. Ransomware encrypts files on the disk. All the various goals of malware cannot be achieved instantly in a minute, maybe not even in days. In the case of APTs (advanced persistent threats), the malware might need months, if not years, to ...