I’m excited to share that my new book MAoS – Malware Analysis on Steroids: Fighting Malware to the Death is now available on Amazon.
Unlike most malware books, this one doesn’t stay clean, academic, or theoretical. MAoS is a practical field guide written from years of real investigations, reverse engineering sessions at 3 AM, and hands-on incident response engagements where mistakes weren’t an option. It takes you step by step through real malware families: Agent Tesla, FluBot, AZORult, BlackByte, Vittalia, Shlayer, and more across Windows, Android, and macOS.
This book is designed to work side by side with the MAoS course bundle here at TrainSec (Malware Analysis Level 1 & Level 2). While the courses teach you the skills interactively, the book gives you deep case studies, detailed reverse engineering walkthroughs, and field-tested methodologies that bring additional depth to your training. Together, they create a complete ecosystem for mastering malware analysis.
Released September 7th, 2025
Fighting Malware to the Death – Real-World Threats and Reverse Engineering Tactics
This book is a field guide to dissecting malware in the real world. From first byte to persistence, obfuscation, payload logic, and attacker tradecraft, nothing is skipped. Learn step-by-step reverse engineering, spot evasion and C2 tricks, and apply proven methodologies to bring order to chaos. Built on real cases and incident response, it equips analysts, responders, red teamers, and defenders with tactics that work under fire.
What you will learn in the book
- Structured methodologies: The Baseline Enumeration Methodology (BEM) and Reverse Engineering Methodology (REM), used to bring order to chaotic analysis.
- Reverse engineering workflows: How to unpack, dissect, and analyze samples from the first byte through persistence mechanisms and payload logic.
- Threat case studies: Step-by-step breakdowns of loaders, infostealers, spyware, trojans, ransomware, and adware.
- Persistence and evasion: How real malware hides, survives reboots, and evades detection with anti-debugging and anti-VM tricks.
- Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures): How to extract and interpret IoCs and TTPs for practical use in detection and defense.
- Cross-platform malware: Detailed dissections of threats on Windows, Android, and macOS.
- Attacker mindset: How to think like the adversary, anticipate their moves, and strengthen defenses accordingly.
Why this book matters for TrainSec students and cybersecurity professionals
Cybersecurity professionals often face the challenge of moving beyond dashboards, alerts, or isolated labs into understanding threats at their core. MAoS bridges that gap. It doesn’t just show what malware does, it shows how to break it apart, analyze it under pressure, and truly understand attacker tradecraft.
$700
$490 or $73.5 X 5 payments
The MAoS Bundle is your fast track to mastering malware analysis. From core concepts to hands-on reverse engineering, this bundle gives you the real-world skills needed to dissect malware with confidence. Perfect for aspiring analysts, SOC pros, and red teamers preparing to dive into advanced content like the MAoS book.
For TrainSec students, this book acts as both a study guide and a professional reference. It reinforces concepts from the Malware Analysis Level 1 & 2 courses while adding real-world context. Reading it alongside the courses will help you:
- Develop a repeatable process for analyzing any malware sample.
- Gain confidence handling live malware in a safe lab setup.
- Build a mindset that blends technical skill with investigative thinking.
- Elevate from SOC monitoring to deep incident response and reverse engineering.
For the wider cybersecurity community, MAoS is a toolkit for defenders, responders, and red teamers who need practical tactics that actually work in the wild. It’s not about theory, it’s about survival in today’s threat landscape.
MAoS – Malware Analysis on Steroids is now available on Amazon. Pair it with the TrainSec MAoS course bundle to maximize your learning path and become the kind of professional who can dissect, understand, and outthink real adversaries.
