Malware Analyst Professional Course Level 1 Trainsec
$350 or 3 × $121

Malware Analyst Professional - Level 1

In this malware analysis and reverse engineering course, you will delve into the inner core of dissecting different malware types and variants, understand the adversarial mindset behind them and the used TTPs. At the end of the course, you will gain the power and knowledge to win any malware coming your way.

56 Lessons | Community access

Lifetime access

$350

or $121 x 3 installments
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Level Up Your Skills with Our Malware Analysis Course!

This course lays the groundwork for mastering malware analysis. Gain essential skills, earn certification, and launch your cybersecurity career with confidence!

Hands-On Experience

Gain practical experience through hands-on labs and real-world case studies, allowing you to apply theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios. Develop the confidence and proficiency to analyze and combat various types of malware effectively.

In-Demand Skills

Acquire the specialized skills and knowledge needed to excel in the dynamic field of cybersecurity. Our comprehensive curriculum covers the latest malware analysis techniques, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve in this rapidly evolving industry.

Lifetime Access to Resources

Enjoy lifetime access to course materials, updates, and resources, ensuring you stay current with the latest trends and developments in malware analysis. Continue to refine your skills and knowledge long after completing the course.

Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll receive a prestigious certification that is widely recognized and respected by employers worldwide. Stand out from the crowd and showcase your expertise as a certified malware analyst professional.

Career Advancement Opportunities

Open doors to exciting career opportunities in cybersecurity with our malware analyst professional certification. Whether you’re looking to advance in your current role or transition to a new career path, our training program equips you with the skills and credentials needed to succeed.

Exclusive Online Community

Connect with industry professionals and fellow students through our exclusive online community. Share insights, collaborate on projects, and expand your professional network to enhance your career prospects.

Personalized Support

Receive personalized support from our team of experienced instructors who are dedicated to your success. Get answers to your questions, guidance on challenging concepts, and tailored feedback to help you excel in your studies.

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Uriel Kosayev

Uriel Kosayev

Security Researcher, Trainer & Speaker | Author of the Antivirus Bypass Techniques book & founder of TrainSec

Cybersecurity researcher and red teamer who lives both on the offensive and defensive fronts. The author of the “Antivirus Bypass Techniques”, “Malware Analysis On Steroids” books, expert in malware research, reverse engineering, penetration testing, digital forensics, and incident response.

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Antivirus software is built to detect, prevent, and remove malware from systems, but this does not guarantee the security of your antivirus solution as certain changes can trick the antivirus and pose a risk for users. This book will help you to gain a basic understanding of antivirus software and take you through a series of antivirus bypass techniques that will enable you to bypass antivirus solutions.

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What you will learn in the course

Pre-requisites:

  • Solid C/C++ basics and comfort using Visual Studio
  • Working knowledge of Windows internals (processes, memory, registry)
  • Familiarity with command-line tools and scripting (PowerShell or Python)
  • A Windows 10/11 64-bit VM with Administrator rights for labs
  • Basic grasp of network protocols (TCP, HTTP, DNS) for PCAP analysis

Chapters included in this course

Malware Analyst Professional - Level 1: Course contents

Malware Analyst Professional – Level 1 is a hands-on journey from “sample received” to crystal-clear intelligence. Across six tightly sequenced modules, you will build a safe Flare-VM lab, compile and reverse C programs, decode PE headers, master rapid static triage and unpacking, capture every runtime artefact with Process Explorer, Procmon, and live debugging, and finally dissect real-world document exploits and VBA macros. Each step pairs theory with guided labs, culminating in a full static + dynamic analysis of the FlawedAmmyy RAT and custom YARA rules you can deploy the same day. Whether you’re aiming for SOC enrichment, incident response, or threat-research roles, this course equips you with repeatable workflows and open-source tooling to turn unknown binaries into actionable detection and defensive insight.

Module 1: Foundations & Lab Setup

Before diving into samples, you’ll build a safe playground. This opening module first clarifies what malware analysis is and how analysts balance static and dynamic techniques. Then you create the tools and perimeter you’ll rely on for the rest of the course: a Windows guest hardened with Flare-VM and INetSim. By the end, you have a throw-away, isolated environment where malicious binaries can run freely while their every move is recorded, your essential springboard for all future labs.

Module 2: From Source to Assembly: Building & Peeking Inside C Programs

Malware rarely ships with source code, yet knowing what typical C constructs look like in a disassembler is the analyst’s first superpower. In this module, you install a properly tooled Visual Studio, review the compile-link-load-runtime pipeline, and write a simple program while playing with some compiler options to see how each flag reshapes the PE file. Then you flip perspectives: load the freshly built binary into IDA/Ghidra, trace its functions, and correlate assembly patterns back to their C origins. By the end, you’ll grasp how everyday coding choices surface in machine code, knowledge that lets you recognise, label, and reason about unknown malware far faster in later modules.

Module 3: Peering into Portable Executables

Every Windows binary, benign or malicious, travels as a Portable Executable. This module equips you to read that blueprint like a map. You’ll learn the hierarchy of headers that the OS loader trusts, follow RVAs to real bytes on disk, and inspect the import, export, and other intricate parts of the PE file format that reveal a program’s intentions. Finally, you’ll contrast EXE and DLL flavours so you can spot masquerading tricks attackers love. With this knowledge, any sample you meet later in the course will feel less like a black box and more like a well-labelled puzzle you already know how to solve.

Module 4: Static Triage, Unpacking & Real-World Walk-Through

Speed is everything when a suspicious file lands on your desk. This module teaches you to confirm maliciousness and extract intelligence within minutes, before you ever press Run. You’ll translate AV labels, separate quick-burn IoCs from behaviour-rich IoAs, fingerprint samples by type, hash, and embedded strings, and pierce common packers to reveal true payloads. Then you will practise turning authoritative docs and API references into instant insight and apply the full workflow to a live FlawedAmmyy RAT: unpack it, map its C2 logic, flag persistence tricks, and save your progress in IDA for future use. After this module, you’ll wield a repeatable static-analysis playbook that delivers actionable results fast and sets you up for deeper dynamic or reversing tasks ahead.

Module 5: Live Behaviour & Dynamic Reverse Engineering

Static clues only go so far; eventually, you must watch malware run. In this module, you build a layered toolkit, Process Explorer, Process Hacker, Procmon, API Logger, CMD Watcher, and IDA debugger, to capture every file write, registry tweak, API call, and decrypted string in real time. You will rehearse on generic samples, then tackle the FlawedAmmyy RAT end-to-end: correlate PCAP traffic with sandbox telemetry, single-step through its remote-control routines, and harvest IOCs straight into custom YARA signatures. By the end, you’ll wield a repeatable dynamic-analysis workflow that turns chaotic runtime behaviour into precise, automatable detections.

Module 6: Dissecting Malicious Documents: PDFs & Office Macros

Email-borne documents are still the easiest way into an enterprise, so an analyst must tear them apart quickly and safely. In this module, you first learn the anatomy of PDFs, objects, actions, and embedded JavaScript, then tackle a historic yet instructive Adobe Reader exploit, carving out the payload byte-by-byte. Shifting to Office files, you explore how VBA macros, enumerate suspicious modules, and trace obfuscated code that injects shellcode straight into memory. By the end, you’ll wield a toolkit and workflow for spotting, extracting, and neutralising malicious document payloads long before a victim can click “Enable Content.”

Malware Lab Samples

Here you can download all the relevant samples so you can reproduce the analysis steps with me together.

YARA Rules

Here you can download all the relevant samples so you can reproduce the analysis steps with me together.

Students Testimonials

Malware Analyst Professional Course Level 1 Trainsec
$350 or 3 × $121

Malware Analyst Professional - Level 1

56 Lessons | Community Access

In this malware analysis and reverse engineering course, you will delve into the inner core of dissecting different malware types and variants, understand the adversarial mindset behind them and the used TTPs. At the end of the course, you will gain the power and knowledge to win any malware coming your way.