Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis
Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis
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Topic 2.7 of Fundamentals of Malware Analysis
How Windows arranges a process in virtual memory — stack growth direction, heap allocation, PE section mapping, and how to interpret register values and EIP location in a debugger.
By the end of this topic, you will
Quadrant 1 · e-Tutorial
EZ Bytes · quick recaps
Process Memory Layout: Malware Analysis Fundamentals
41s
Video lessons
Quadrant 2 · e-Content
Quadrant 3 · Web Resources
Downloadable reference material
External links
Process Hacker — Memory Map View
Free process monitor. Open any process → Memory tab to see the full virtual memory map with regions, permissions, and mapped files.
x64dbg — Memory Map Panel
In x64dbg: View → Memory Map shows all allocated regions with permissions. RWX regions outside known modules are immediate red flags.
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 Process Memory Layout: 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.
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.
Discussion · 0 comments
This is the discussion thread for the lesson "Process Memory Layout" (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: - Sketch the virtual memory layout of a 32-bit Windows process with correct address ranges - Explain stack growth direction and trace a PUSH/POP sequence through ESP changes - Read a stack frame layout and locate return address, saved EBP, and local variables
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