Cuckoo Malware Analysis - Softcover

Oktavianto, Digit; Muhardianto, Iqbal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782169237 ISBN 13: 9781782169239

Verlag: Packt Pub Ltd, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Analyze malware using Cuckoo Sandbox

Overview

• Learn how to analyze malware in a straightforward way with minimum technical skills
• Understand the risk of the rise of document-based malware
• Enhance your malware analysis concepts through illustrations, tips and tricks, step-by-step instructions, and practical real-world scenarios

In Detail

Cuckoo Sandbox is a leading open source automated malware analysis system. This means that you can throw any suspicious file at it and, in a matter of seconds, Cuckoo will provide you with some detailed results outlining what said file did when executed inside an isolated environment.

Cuckoo Malware Analysis is a hands-on guide that will provide you with everything you need to know to use Cuckoo Sandbox with added tools like Volatility, Yara, Cuckooforcanari, Cuckoomx, Radare, and Bokken, which will help you to learn malware analysis in an easier and more efficient way.

Cuckoo Malware Analysis will cover basic theories in sandboxing, automating malware analysis, and how to prepare a safe environment lab for malware analysis. You will get acquainted with Cuckoo Sandbox architecture and learn how to install Cuckoo Sandbox, troubleshoot the problems after installation, submit malware samples, and also analyze PDF files, URLs, and binary files. This book also covers memory forensics – using the memory dump feature, additional memory forensics using Volatility, viewing result analyses using the Cuckoo analysis package, and analyzing APT attacks using Cuckoo Sandbox, Volatility, and Yara.

Finally, you will also learn how to screen Cuckoo Sandbox against VM detection and how to automate the scanning of e-mail attachments with Cuckoo.

What you will learn from this book

• Get started with automated malware analysis using Cuckoo Sandbox
• Use Cuckoo Sandbox to analyze sample malware
• Analyze output from Cuckoo Sandbox
• Report results with Cuckoo Sandbox in standard form
• Learn tips and tricks to get the most out of your malware analysis results

Approach

This book is a step-by-step, practical tutorial for analyzing and detecting malware and performing digital investigations. This book features clear and concise guidance in an easily accessible format.

Who this book is written for

Cuckoo Malware Analysis is great for anyone who wants to analyze malware through programming, networking, disassembling, forensics, and virtualization. Whether you are new to malware analysis or have some experience, this book will help you get started with Cuckoo Sandbox so you can start analysing malware effectively and efficiently.

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Reseña del editor

This book is a step-by-step, practical tutorial for analyzing and detecting malware and performing digital investigations. This book features clear and concise guidance in an easily accessible format. Cuckoo Malware Analysis is great for anyone who wants to analyze malware through programming, networking, disassembling, forensics, and virtualization. Whether you are new to malware analysis or have some experience, this book will help you get started with Cuckoo Sandbox so you can start analysing malware effectively and efficiently.

Biografía del autor

Digit Oktavianto is an IT security professional and System Administrator with experience in Linux Server, network security, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, intrusion analysis, incident response and incident handling, security hardening, PCI-DSS, and system administration.He also has experience with Managed Security Services (MSS) projects, Security Operation Centre, operation and maintenance of SIEM tools, configuring and setting up IDS/IPS, firewalls, antivirus software, operating systems, and applications.He currently works as an Information Security Analyst for Noosc Global, a security consultant firm based in Indonesia. He also holds CEH and GIAC Incident Handler certifications. He is very enthusiastic and has a passion for malware analysis. This book is the first book that he has written, and he plans to write more about malware analysis and incident response. Iqbal Muhardianto is a security enthusiast working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. He loves breaking things apart just to know how they work. He started off learning MS-DOS and some C programming, and he gradually became a System Administrator, then a Network Administrator, and he is now an IT Security Administrator with expertise in Linux, Windows, Network, SIEM, malware analysis, and Pentest. He currently lives in Norway and works as a member of the IT staff at the Indonesian Embassy in Oslo.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Packt Pub Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1782169237
• ISBN 13: 9781782169239
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 142
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar