E-Learning: Malware and Memory Deep Dive Workshop (EC-MMDD)

In this Malware & Memory Forensics workshop, you will learn details of how malware functions, and how it is categorized. Then you will be shown details of the structure of memory, and how memory works. There is plenty of hands-on memory forensics. You will learn how to analyze memory to find evidence of malware.

Target Audiance:

This training is useful for any forensic investigator but is particularly interesting to those trying to trace data leaks, financial crimes, and cyber-related crimes. This workshop includes hands-on labs.

The purpose of the workshop is to teach students essential memory forensics; this workshop assumes a basic understanding of PC’s, networks, and basic forensics.

Types of Analysis

• Swap space analysis
• Memory Analysis
• Data acquisition as per RFC 3227

In-memory data

• Current processes
• Memory mapped files
• Caches
• Open Ports

Memory Architectural Issues

• Data structures
• Windows Objects
• Processes
• Handles
• Pool-tag scanning
• %SystemDrive%/hiberfil.sys
• Page/Swap File

Tools used

• Using volatility
• Dumpit.exe
• hibr2bin
• Win32dd
• Win64dd
• OSForensics

Registry in Memory