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<blockquote data-quote="struppigel" data-source="post: 1056735" data-attributes="member: 86910">Start with learning how to program. For malware analysis learning C is a good start. People generally recommend this book: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language" target="_blank">The C Programming Language - Wikipedia</a>The goal should be that you are able to program your own small applications.Get yourself familiar with x86 assembly. It integrates very well with C. The goal here is that you can read and understand assembly when you see it.Then you are ready to dive into malware analysis and reversing topics. For beginners the book &quot;Practical Malware Analysis&quot; by Honig and Sikorsky is good. I am also currently working on a course that should be available in 2 months (latest).You might have to brush up on Windows Internals as well, like what is the registry, how is it built up, what is a process, what is a thread, how is it possible to autostart, what is a service etc. Some malware analysis courses will cover those topics, but you can check out this channel too for the Windows Internals: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TechsavvyProductions" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TechsavvyProductions</a>Once you have basic analysis skills you can challenge yourself by downloading samples from unpac.me or malshare and try to reverse them. Some people also like CTFs, which are reverse engineering challenges. I personally don&#039;t like them, though, because they are so artificial. But that is a matter of taste.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="struppigel, post: 1056735, member: 86910"] Start with learning how to program. For malware analysis learning C is a good start. People generally recommend this book: [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language"]The C Programming Language - Wikipedia[/URL] The goal should be that you are able to program your own small applications. Get yourself familiar with x86 assembly. It integrates very well with C. The goal here is that you can read and understand assembly when you see it. Then you are ready to dive into malware analysis and reversing topics. For beginners the book "Practical Malware Analysis" by Honig and Sikorsky is good. I am also currently working on a course that should be available in 2 months (latest). You might have to brush up on Windows Internals as well, like what is the registry, how is it built up, what is a process, what is a thread, how is it possible to autostart, what is a service etc. Some malware analysis courses will cover those topics, but you can check out this channel too for the Windows Internals: [URL]https://www.youtube.com/@TechsavvyProductions[/URL] Once you have basic analysis skills you can challenge yourself by downloading samples from unpac.me or malshare and try to reverse them. Some people also like CTFs, which are reverse engineering challenges. I personally don't like them, though, because they are so artificial. But that is a matter of taste. [/QUOTE]

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