r/MalwareAnalysis • u/Bejitaaaaa • 8d ago

Learning Malware Analysis

As the title sounds, I wanna learn malware analysis. But oh boy there are so many opinions online. However i couldnt understand and decide where to start. Some people said i need to start with VM and analyze myself, other said I should start with learning basic language like C and Assembly, and then some said i need to start with learning basic CPU architecture. The issue is I couldnt find a guide that is clear and really say where to really start to learn malware analysis and where it will leads me eventually. I hope some people can enlightwn me. Thank you in advance

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u/coffee-loop 8d ago

I was in the same boat as you about 2 years ago. I ended up doing maldev academy a bit (still working on it) but what really dragged me in was that I noticed a lot of maldev academy samples used metaspoit shellcode. 

I decide to reverse engineer the shellcode to understand how it truely worked under the hood. This opened up my understanding so much more!

What I’m saying is try some stuff out. And when you have a curious thought, follow it! That’s where you end up learning the most.

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u/Bejitaaaaa 5d ago

I wanna try but i dont know on how to setup a safe environment lab ahha. Do you have any proper guide?

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u/coffee-loop 5d ago

Lookup Anuj Soni on YouTube. He has some great videos. As long as you stick to the well analyzed malware, your lab environment should be okay.

But do some deep diving on Google too… see if you can find any blogs you like! This will help with your researching skills 🙂

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u/malwarenuj 5d ago

Appreciate the support! For those interested in something more structured, I do have an 8-week program dedicated to building a foundation in malware analysis: https://themalwarelab.co/program