Practical Malware Analysis is a book written by Michael Sikorski and Andrew Honig. It is one of the most comprehensive guide to analyse a malware. It brings all the essential skills required to understand a malicious software by teaching reverse engineering and other practical approaches. It covers from the definition of a malware, static analysis to dynamic analysis and make sure you have a great foundation to dissect any malware in the modern cyber world. The books is composed of theoretical and practical part, the lab proposed by the book are or inspired by real malware and it is a great way to get you an immediate approach and exposure to real malwares.

Here are the write-ups of those labs:

Part 1 : Basic Analysis

• Lab 1 - Basic Static Techniques
• Lab3 - Basic Dynamic Analysis

Part 2 : Advanced Static Analysis

• Lab5 - IDA Pro
• Lab6 - Recognizing C code constructs in Assembly
• Lab7 - Analyzing Malicious Windows Programs

Part 3 : Advanced Dynamic Analysis

• Lab9 - OllyDGB
• Lab10 - Kernel Debugging with WinDGB

Part 4 : Malware Funtionality

• Lab11 - Malware Behavior
• Lab12 - Covert Malware Launching
• Lab13 - Data Encoding
• Lab14 - Malware-focused Network Signature

Part 5 : Anti-Reverse Engineering

• Lab15 - Anti-Disassembly
• Lab16 - Anti-Debugging
• Lab17 - Anti-Virtual Machine Techniques
• Lab18 - Packers and Unpacking

Part 6 : Advanced Topics

• Lab 19 - Shellcode Analysis
• Lab21 - C++ Analysis
• Lab22 - 64-bit Malware