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Malware: Prevention, Detection, and Response

5 Courses
8 Hours
Skill IQ

In this container of content, you will learn how to analyze several specific types of malware for the purpose of identifying indicators used for host and network detection. To start, you will learn how to set up a malware analysis sandbox. Next, you'll learn about the malware type itself: what it is used for, why attackers employ it, who it primarily effects, and how it is delivered & behaves. To finish off, you will learn about different defensive strategies that can be taken to defend your organization. By the end, you will effectively know how to prevent, detect, and respond to specific malware threats in your environments.

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Malware: Prevention, Detection, and Response

In this container of content, you will learn how to analyze, several specific types of malware, for the purpose of identifying indicators that can be used for host and network detection.

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What You'll Learn
  • Host detection and analysis of indicators
  • Network detection and analysis of indicators
  • Defensive techniques to combat the specific malware type
Prerequisites
  • Security fundamentals
  • Malware Analysis skill path
Related topics
  • malware analysis
  • indicators of compromise
  • IOCs
  • network detection
  • host detection
  • incident response
  • security analysis
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