MALWARE ANALYSIS COURSE IN HYDERABAD

Learn Malware Analysis, Static Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Reverse Engineering, Threat Detection and Malware Investigation

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MALWARE ANALYSIS COURSE IN HYDERABAD

Malware is one of the most common threats faced by organizations today. Viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware, rootkits and other malicious programs can affect computers, networks, applications and business data.

Understanding how malware works is an important skill in cybersecurity.

The Malware Analysis Course in Hyderabad at Skill Rise IT Academy is designed to help learners understand how suspicious files and malicious programs can be examined in a safe and controlled environment.

The course covers the complete malware analysis process, starting with malware fundamentals and file analysis and moving toward static analysis, dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, debugging, behavior analysis, memory analysis, network analysis, IOC extraction, YARA rules and malware reporting.

Learners can also understand how malware analysts work with security teams, SOC analysts, incident responders and threat intelligence teams during a malware investigation.

What Is Malware?

Malware means malicious software.

It is software created or modified to perform harmful or unauthorized actions on a computer, device or network.

Common types of malware include:

  • Virus
  • Worm
  • Trojan
  • Ransomware
  • Spyware
  • Adware
  • Rootkit
  • Keylogger
  • Botnet malware
  • Downloader
  • Backdoor
  • Information stealer

What Is Malware Analysis?

Malware analysis is the process of examining a suspicious or malicious file to understand:

  • What the file is
  • How it works
  • What it changes
  • What systems it interacts with
  • What files it creates
  • What processes it starts
  • What network connections it makes
  • What information it may access
  • How it maintains persistence
  • What indicators can help detect it

Why Learn Malware Analysis?

Modern security teams need to understand malicious files quickly.

Malware analysis can help security professionals:

  • Investigate suspicious files
  • Understand malware behavior
  • Extract Indicators of Compromise
  • Support incident response
  • Create detection rules
  • Improve threat detection
  • Investigate phishing attachments
  • Analyze suspicious executables
  • Understand ransomware behavior
  • Support threat intelligence
  • Investigate security incidents

Malware Analysis vs Antivirus Scanning

Antivirus scanning generally uses automated detection methods to identify suspicious or malicious files.

Malware analysis goes deeper into the sample to understand:

  • How it works
  • What it changes
  • What it communicates with
  • What indicators it creates
  • How defenders can detect it

Malware Analysis vs Reverse Engineering

Malware analysis is the broader investigation process.

Reverse engineering is one of the deeper techniques used to understand how software works at the code and instruction level.

A malware analyst may use reverse engineering when basic static and dynamic analysis does not provide enough information.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Malware Analysis Course Curriculum

Introduction to Malware Analysis

  • What is malware?
  • What is malware analysis?
  • Why malware analysis is important
  • Malware analysis process
  • Malware analyst role
  • Malware investigation workflow
  • Malware analysis challenges
  • Ethical and legal considerations
  • Safe malware handling

Malware Analysis Lab Setup

  • Virtual machines
  • Isolated analysis environment
  • Windows analysis lab
  • Linux analysis environment
  • Snapshots
  • Network isolation
  • Host-only networking
  • Safe sample handling
  • Analysis workspace
  • Lab security

Malware Sample Identification

  • File names
  • File extensions
  • File size
  • File hashes
  • MD5
  • SHA-1
  • SHA-256
  • File metadata
  • Digital signatures
  • File type identification
  • Suspicious characteristics

Static Malware Analysis

  • File structure
  • PE files
  • Headers
  • Sections
  • Imports
  • Exports
  • Strings
  • Metadata
  • Hashes
  • Digital signatures
  • Embedded information
  • Suspicious APIs
  • Entropy
  • Packed files

PE File Analysis

  • PE structure
  • DOS header
  • PE header
  • Optional header
  • Section headers
  • Code section
  • Data section
  • Resources
  • Import Address Table
  • Export information
  • Entry point
  • Section permissions

Strings Analysis

  • URLs
  • IP addresses
  • File paths
  • Registry paths
  • Commands
  • Error messages
  • User-agent strings
  • Domain names
  • Suspicious keywords

Import and API Analysis

  • Windows API basics
  • File operations
  • Process operations
  • Registry operations
  • Network operations
  • Memory operations
  • Process creation
  • DLL loading
  • Suspicious API patterns

Malware Packing and Obfuscation

  • Packing
  • Obfuscation
  • Encryption
  • Compression
  • High entropy
  • Packed executables
  • Unpacking concepts
  • Identifying suspicious packing

Dynamic Malware Analysis

  • Process creation
  • File changes
  • Registry changes
  • Services
  • Network connections
  • DNS requests
  • Memory activity
  • Persistence behavior
  • Child processes

Malware Behavior Analysis

  • Process behavior
  • File behavior
  • Registry behavior
  • Network behavior
  • Persistence
  • Configuration changes
  • Data collection
  • Command execution
  • Communication patterns

Process Analysis

  • Processes
  • Parent-child relationships
  • Process trees
  • Suspicious process behavior
  • Command-line arguments
  • DLL loading
  • Process injection concepts
  • Abnormal process activity

Registry Analysis

  • Registry fundamentals
  • Registry keys
  • Registry values
  • Persistence locations
  • Configuration storage
  • Registry monitoring
  • Suspicious registry changes

File System Analysis

  • File creation
  • File modification
  • File deletion
  • Temporary files
  • Dropped files
  • Startup locations
  • Suspicious directories
  • File timestamps

Network Malware Analysis

  • DNS requests
  • HTTP communication
  • HTTPS concepts
  • IP addresses
  • Domains
  • Ports
  • Network connections
  • Command-and-control concepts
  • Traffic analysis

Command and Control Analysis

  • C2 fundamentals
  • Beaconing behavior
  • DNS-based communication
  • HTTP-based communication
  • Network indicators
  • Domain indicators
  • IP indicators
  • C2 detection concepts

Sandbox Analysis

  • Sandbox fundamentals
  • Automated behavior analysis
  • Process monitoring
  • File monitoring
  • Network monitoring
  • Behavior reports
  • Sandbox limitations
  • False positives

Reverse Engineering Fundamentals

  • What is reverse engineering?
  • Assembly basics
  • CPU registers
  • Memory concepts
  • Instructions
  • Control flow
  • Functions
  • Calls and jumps
  • Program execution

Debugging Fundamentals

  • Debugging concepts
  • Breakpoints
  • Registers
  • Memory
  • Stack
  • Heap basics
  • Step execution
  • Function analysis
  • Runtime behavior

Ghidra for Malware Analysis

  • Ghidra interface
  • Loading samples
  • Functions
  • Strings
  • Decompiled code
  • Cross references
  • Control flow
  • Basic reverse engineering

x86 and x64 Architecture

  • CPU architecture
  • Registers
  • Memory
  • Stack
  • Heap
  • Instructions
  • Calling conventions
  • x86 basics
  • x64 basics

Malware Persistence

  • Startup mechanisms
  • Registry-based persistence
  • Scheduled tasks
  • Services
  • Startup folders
  • Persistence indicators
  • Detection techniques

Malware Evasion and Anti-Analysis

  • Anti-debugging
  • Anti-VM concepts
  • Obfuscation
  • Packing
  • Environment checks
  • Delayed execution
  • Evasion indicators

Memory Malware Analysis

  • What is memory analysis?
  • RAM fundamentals
  • Memory acquisition concepts
  • Process investigation
  • Network connections
  • Loaded modules
  • Suspicious memory regions
  • Memory-based indicators

YARA Rules

  • What is YARA?
  • YARA rule structure
  • Strings
  • Conditions
  • Rule creation
  • Rule testing
  • Malware family detection
  • Detection engineering basics

Indicators of Compromise

  • File hashes
  • IP addresses
  • Domain names
  • URLs
  • File paths
  • Registry keys
  • Mutexes
  • File names
  • Process names

Threat Intelligence and Malware

  • Threat intelligence fundamentals
  • IOC enrichment
  • Malware families
  • Threat actors
  • Campaigns
  • TTPs
  • MITRE ATT&CK concepts
  • Intelligence reporting

Malware Detection

  • Signature-based detection
  • Behavioral detection
  • IOC-based detection
  • YARA detection
  • EDR concepts
  • SIEM integration concepts
  • Detection engineering basics

Skills You Can Develop

By completing the training, learners can work toward developing skills in:

  • Sandbox analysis
  • Malware identification
  • Malware classification
  • Static analysis
  • Dynamic analysis
  • PE analysis
  • Windows internals
  • File analysis
  • Process analysis
  • Registry analysis
  • Network analysis
  • Reverse engineering
  • Debugging
  • Ghidra
  • x86/x64 basics
  • Memory analysis
  • YARA
  • IOC extraction
  • Threat intelligence
  • Malware detection
  • Security reporting

MALWARE ANALYSIS Career Opportunities

Malware analysis skills can support roles such as:

  • Malware Analyst
  • SOC Analyst
  • Threat Intelligence Analyst
  • Incident Response Analyst
  • Cybersecurity Analyst
  • Security Researcher
  • Digital Forensics Analyst
  • Threat Detection Analyst
  • Reverse Engineering Trainee
  • Security Operations Analyst

Malware Analysis Course Learning Path

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

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Operating System Fundamentals

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Networking Basics

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Malware Fundamentals

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Malware Types

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Malware Analysis Methodology

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Lab Setup

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File Identification

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Static Analysis

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PE Analysis

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Strings & Imports

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Dynamic Analysis

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Process & Registry Analysis

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Network Analysis

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Sandbox Analysis

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Reverse Engineering

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Debugging

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Ghidra

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Memory Analysis

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YARA

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IOC Extraction

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Threat Intelligence

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Detection Engineering

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Malware Analysis Projects

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Reporting

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Interview Preparation

Frequently Asked Questions

We know choosing the right training institute is an important decision. Here are answers to some of the most common questions students ask before joining Skill Rise IT Academy.

What is a Malware Analysis Course?

A Malware Analysis Course teaches learners how to examine suspicious software, understand its behavior and extract useful security information.

Malware analysis is the process of examining malicious software to understand how it works and how it can be detected or contained.

Yes. Beginners can start with computer, operating system and networking fundamentals before moving into malware analysis.

Basic programming knowledge is helpful, especially when moving into reverse engineering, scripting and debugging.

Advanced malware analysis can be technical, but learning it step by step makes the subject easier to understand.

Static analysis examines a malware sample without executing it.

Dynamic analysis observes malware behavior while it runs inside a controlled and isolated environment.

Reverse engineering is the process of examining software to understand its internal logic, instructions and behavior.

PE, or Portable Executable, is a Windows executable file format used by files such as EXE and DLL files.

YARA is a rule-based tool commonly used to identify and classify files based on patterns.

IOC means Indicator of Compromise. It is information that can help identify suspicious or malicious activity.

Tools can include Ghidra, x64dbg, PEStudio, Wireshark, Procmon, VirusTotal, YARA and Volatility, depending on the analysis task.

Yes. Malware analysis can help SOC analysts investigate suspicious files and security alerts.

Sandbox analysis runs or examines suspicious software in an isolated environment so its behavior can be observed safely.

It is the process of studying what malware does during execution, including process, file, registry and network activity.

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