Malware Fundamentals with Bart Parys

Bart is a Threat Intelligence Analyst working for a leading consultancy firm in London. He has extensive experience in the field, and spends his time researching, analyzing and reversing malware. He is also the author of the blog Bart's Security Blog (https://bartblaze.blogspot.be/) which focuses on internet and malware threats.

This is an introductory course to malware threats, consisting of a slides-based presentation and hands-on exercises. Topics discussed will be: malware analysis, threat intelligence and reverse engineering.

In this course, students will learn how to:

-analyse malware statically and dynamically,

-learn what threat intelligence is and how to leverage it,

-get familiar with reverse engineering, and

-learn the general life-cycle of an incident.

Tech requirements for participation: a laptop, with the latest version of VirtualBox installed. Bart will share custom VMs for installation at least a week before the workshop.

We will start promptly at 9:30am. Please try to be there at least 5 minutes before the time. There is a lot to learn! ;) Don't forget to bring your own snack and/or sandwich.