Applying Malware Analysis in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Malware Analysis in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence

What you will be able to do

• 1.3 Analyse how malware can infect systems and spread across networks.
• 1.4 Evaluate the motives for the creation of malware.
• 2.3 Critically analyse the challenges of detecting and analysing malware.
• 2.4 Evaluate the most effective methods of detecting malware.
• 4.3 Critically analyse the effectiveness of response strategies in real-world case studies.
• 4.4 Evaluate different methods of containing the spread of malware across networks of computers.

Activity

Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials