Foreword

Malware seems never-ending on the Internet today and only more complex by the minute. The threat research community and the security industry struggle with the high demand for advanced malware defense owing to a significant deficit for talent around this specialized tradecraft. Over the years we have witnessed a consistent reactionary approach from antivirus solutions and only lately has the realization of a shift taken place that focuses on genuinely getting ahead of the threat. One attempt to counter this problem is acknowledging that the proliferation of scalable knowledge transfer is paramount. And thus comes this book…

I had the honor of working with Christopher Elisan on a threat research team a few years back, and we’ve stayed ...

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