Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis
Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis
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Topic 2.5 of Fundamentals of Malware Analysis
Reading the IAT to infer malware behaviour before execution — suspicious API patterns, what a stripped IAT indicates, API hashing, and capability mapping with Capa.
By the end of this topic, you will
Quadrant 1 · e-Tutorial
EZ Bytes · quick recaps
IAT Analysis: Inferring Malware Behavior
31s
Video lesson
Quadrant 2 · e-Content
Quadrant 3 · Web Resources
Downloadable reference material
External links
Quadrant 4 · Self-Assessment
Fundamentals of Malware Analysis
Covers the analysis environment, PE file structure, static property examination, behavioural analysis, and dynamic code analysis of Windows executables.
REMA: Complete Assessment
A comprehensive 120-question assessment covering the entire Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis curriculum: malware taxonomy and reverse engineering fundamentals, static and dynamic analysis, reversing malicious code, malicious web and document files, in-depth analysis of packed and fileless malware, and self-defending malware techniques.
Quadrant 5 · Play
Ungraded practice for Import Address Table (IAT) Analysis: games and hands-on Skill Labs that use this topic, plus the crossword for Fundamentals of Malware Analysis. It never affects your unit assessment, and clearing a game or lab for the first time earns EZ Board points when you are signed in.
Lab
PE Autopsy: Triage a Real Signed Windows Binary
15 tasks from this unit. Free to play. Earn 30 EZ Board points on your first clear.
Lab
Packed and Unpacked: Defeat a Packer
13 tasks from this unit. Free to play. Earn 30 EZ Board points on your first clear.
Crossword
Fundamentals of Malware Analysis
11 key terms from this unit. Free to play.
Race
PE Pass
6 checkpoints from this unit. Free to play. Earn 30 EZ Board points on your first clear.
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This is the discussion thread for the lesson "Import Address Table (IAT) Analysis" (Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis, Unit 2). Ask questions, share real-world examples, and help classmates who are stuck. Conversation starters. Try explaining one of these in your own words: - Explain the role of the IAT and how Windows populates it at load time - Identify at least eight suspicious API functions and describe what each implies - Explain what a stripped IAT containing only LoadLibraryA and GetProcAddress means
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Open in forumEpochZero Article — njRAT Static Analysis Walkthrough
Practical walkthrough of IAT analysis on a real RAT sample — PE structure, .NET decompilation, and IOC extraction.