Unit 1 UNIT-I

4 lecture hours

• Introduction: Introduction to malware
• OS security concepts
• Malware threats
• Evolution of malware
• Malware types
• Malware analysis types

Unit 2 UNIT-II

4 lecture hours

• Virtual Machines and Emulators: w.e.f
• AY 2021-22 Benefits of virtualization
• Oracle Virtual Box, VMware Player
• Virtual PC, Open-source Alternatives: Bochs
• QEMU, KVM

Unit 3 UNIT-III

8 lecture hours

• Static Analysis: X86 Architecture- Main Memory
• Opcodes and Endian-ness
• Simple Instructions
• Rep Instructions
• C Main Method and Offsets
• Anti-virus Scanning
• Fingerprint for Malware
• Portable Executable File Format
• The PE File Headers and Sections
• The Structure of a Virtual Machine
• Reverse- Engineering- x86 Architecture
• recognizing C code constructs in assembly
• Analyzing Windows programs
• Anti-static analysis techniques: obfuscation

Unit 4 UNIT-IV

8 lecture hours

• Dynamic Analysis: Live Mal-ware analysis
• dead Malware analysis
• analyzing traces of Malware System-calls
• network activities
• Anti- dynamic analysis techniques: anti-vm
• runtime-evasion techniques
• Malware Sandbox
• Monitoring with Process Monitor
• Packet Sniffing with Wireshark
• Kernel vs
• User-Mode Debugging
• Exception Handling

Unit 5 UNIT-V

6 lecture hours

• Malware Functionality: Down-loaders
• Credential Stealer's
• Persistence Mechanisms
• Privilege Escalation
• Covert Malware launching- Launchers
• Process Injection
• Process Replacement
• Hook Injection
• APC injection

Unit 6 UNIT-VI

6 lecture hours

• Malware Detection Techniques: Signature-based techniques: Malware signatures
• packed Malware signature
• metamorphic and polymorphic Malware signature non- signature-based techniques: similarity-based techniques
• machine- learning methods
• invariant inferences

Unit 7 UNIT-VII

6 lecture hours

• Android Malware Analysis: Android Security Architecture
• APK File Structure
• Types of Mobile Malware
• Malware Distribution Procedure
• Malware Analysis of Malicious Mobile App.
• Reverse Engineering of Mobile App. w.e.f
• AY 2021-22 Text Books/Reference Books: 1. “Practical malware analysis The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software” by Michael Sikorski and Andrew Honig ISBN-10: 159327-290-1
• 2012 2. “Anti-Hacker Tool kit” by Mike Shema
• Mcgraw Hill Education (India) Fourth Edition
• 2014 3. “Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
• 2nd Edition” by Jon Erickson. 4. “The IDA PRO Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World’s Most Popular Disassembler
• 2nd Edition” by Chris Eagle (published by No Starch Press
• 2011). 5. “The GHIDRA Book: The Definitive Guide” by Chris Eagle and Kara Nance (Penguin Random House Publisher Services
• Computer viruses: from theory to applications by Filiol
• Eric Springer Science & Business Media
• Android Malware by Xuxian Jiang and Yajin Zhou
• Springer ISBN 978-1-4614-7393-0

Unit 8 Hacking exposed™ malware & rootkits

• malware & rootkits security secrets & Solutions by Michael Davis
• Sean Bodmer
• Aaron Lemasters