Module Descriptors
MALWARE ANALYSIS AND REVERSE ENGINEERING
COCS70684
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 7
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 39
Independent Study Hours: 111
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Texts
FILE SYSTEM FORENSIC ANALYSIS, Carrier B, 2005, Pearson Education, ISBN: 0-321-26817-2
MALWARE ANALYST'S COOKBOOK AND DVD, Ligh M, Adair S, Hartstein B, Richar M, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-470-61303-0
Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious code, Malin, C, Aquilina, J, 2008, Syngress, ISBN: 159749268X
MALWARE ANALYST'S COOKBOOK AND DVD, Ligh M, Adair S, Hartstein B, Richar M, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-470-61303-0
Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious code, Malin, C, Aquilina, J, 2008, Syngress, ISBN: 159749268X
Module Resources
Access to the Digital Forensic Lab,
Access to virtual machines running a variety of operating systems with malicious code present on them.
Access to virtual machines running a variety of operating systems with malicious code present on them.
Module Indicative Content
This module examines operational viruses and malicious code that are designed to attack and compromise computer systems, and the methods used to exploit a weakness in installed software that could lead to the system being fully controlled. This module will focus on the identification and the forensic analysis of malicious code. Legal, ethical and social implications of malware are considered.
Module Additional Assessment Details
An assignment of 3000 words weighted at 100% (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3 and 4)
Assignment will typically require a critical review/analysis of a specific malicious code. The student will be required to perform either static or dynamic analysis of malicious code
Assignment will typically require a critical review/analysis of a specific malicious code. The student will be required to perform either static or dynamic analysis of malicious code
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Learning Strategies
The material will be presented through a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical exercises and directed self-study as a substitution for some tutorials.13 hours lectures and 26 hours practicals.