Chapter 5

Malware

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

images Understand types of malware

images Understand malware creation methodologies

images Understand how malware can be used in pen testing

Malware is one of the most common threats to any network. It should be obvious that any penetration tester needs an understanding of malware in order to combat it. In this chapter, however, we will ...

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