Chapter 5
Malware
Chapter Objectives
After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:
Understand types of malware
Understand malware creation methodologies
Understand how malware can be used in pen testing
Malware is one of the most common threats to any network. It should be obvious that any penetration tester needs an understanding of malware in order to combat it. In this chapter, however, we will ...
Get Penetration Testing Fundamentals: A Hands-On Guide to Reliable Security Audits now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.