Practice Reverse Engineering Basics (3) - Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering

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6 sample questions

Question 1.
What is the primary purpose of disassembly?
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Think about how we could read the actions of a program.
Question 2.
Name one debugging tool.
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What tool might we use to step through execution?
3Question 3.
What does disassembly do?
- Converts binary to HTML
- Converts assembly to binary
- Converts binary to assembly
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Focus on what you're seeing when you use a disassembler.
4Question 4.
True or False: A debugger can step through the execution of a program.
- True
- False
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Think about what we do with a debugger.
Question 5.
Given a malware binary, describe the process you would take using disassembly and debugging to analyze it. What tools would you use and what would you look for?
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Think about how these tools work together.
Question 6.
Devise a plan to bypass common anti-debugging techniques while analyzing a binary suspected of having them.
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Consider techniques malware authors use against analysts.

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