Focal Point - Behavioral Malware Analysis

Behavioral Malware Analysis teaches students the fundamental skills necessary to analyze malicious software from a behavioral perspective. From simple key loggers to massive botnets, this class covers a wide variety of current threats. Using system monitoring tools and analytic software, students will analyze real-world malware samples in a training environment, giving them hands-on experience building secure lab environments, classifying malware, analyzing behavioral characteristics and their effects to systems, and documenting findings.