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Practical: Malware Analysis and Investigations 

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Practical: Malware Analysis and Investigations
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Overview

Duration

5 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Practical: Malware Analysis and Investigations
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FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from Futurelearn
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Practical: Malware Analysis and Investigations
 at 
FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • This five-week course will help you put your knowledge from the Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Expert Track into practice
  • You'll learn to use investigation methodology in the context of malware to understand the practical steps to take to prevent a malware attack
  • By exploring different analysis environments, you'll learn how to set up the right kind of environment in order to extract the most information about the malicious software
  • You'll explore practical methods to find malware connectivity, as well as the importance of collecting network traffic - the amount of data moving across a computer network
  • You'll identify different types of malware analysis, such as volatile and static, to further your understanding of malware and the impact it can have on a system
  • You'll learn how to find suspect processes and files, and how to discover malware persistence mechanisms to help you remove malware as quickly and effectively as possible, should an attack occur
  • By the end of the course, you'll feel confident in applying your knowledge to practical situations to further your skills as a digital forensic investigator or cyber security incident responder
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Practical: Malware Analysis and Investigations
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Practical Malware Investigations

ExpertTrack Courses

Welcome to the course

Week one introduction

Quiz - Let's test your cyber knowledge

Malware states

Analysis environments

Investigation methodology

End of week test

How to find malware connectivity

Week two introduction

Ports (Malware connectivity)

End of week two

How to find suspect processes

Week three introduction

Malicious processes

End of week three

How to find suspect files

Week four introduction

Finding suspect files

End of week

How to find malware persistance

Week five introduction

Malware persistance

End of week five

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