ConceptsSample Handling

Sample Handling

The safe practices for receiving, storing, transporting, and disposing of malware samples, so analysts work without accidentally infecting hosts or letting samples escape the lab.

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Dynamic Analysis Methodology

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The approach to analyzing malware by running it in a controlled, isolated environment and observing its behavior, what files, processes, registry keys, and network connections it creates, to understand what it does without reading its code.

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