
Explore Android malware analysis by learning to distinguish malicious apps, identify Fin Spy threats, and apply fingerprinting techniques using the free open-source tool Pieterse.
Analyze Android malware by inspecting APK files and extracting information from malicious apps. Use the open-source tool Pythias to upload an APK and analyze it for potential threats.
Learn APK analysis steps from checking package name, app name, and version to frosted status, threat intel, and behavioral, network, and code analyses to assess permissions and connections.
Explore how hashing converts any input into a unique file sum using hash functions. See how small input changes yield different outputs and fixed-length digests like md5 for apk files.
Engage in hunting malware by analyzing apk fingerprints and hashes, and search the internet for hash values and similar samples to identify malicious apps like fin spy using threat intel.
Explore better dot peters dot org to search analyzed apks, view threat intel scores, and use behavioral and network analyses to identify malicious apps. Upload your apk to analyze indicators.
Evaluate an APK's malicious indicators through fingerprinting, threat intel, behavioral and network analysis to flag spyware and remote access tools, supported by VirusTotal scores and adb-based extraction.
Malware is a significant problem and threat. With hundreds of apps available. How can you know if apps you install are safe? Most people have no idea. In fact, that is why malware is such a big problem. Advanced malware may even hide from the anti-virus software.
This course teaches you the basics of Android Malware Analysis. You'll be able to check any Android app for malicious activity. You'll be able to see which countries the app connects to, what permissions it has and much more.
It's a beginners course and you don't need any prior knowledge. Not even Kali Linux is required to start with this course. By the end of this course, you'll be able to analyse an Android app and tell if it is likely malicious or not. Even existing apps can be tampered with, that look and behave exactly the same as the vendors app - except that malware has been added on top of it.
If you are an Android user and want to check apps, or a Cyber Security professional or a beginner Ethical Hacker, this course is for you!
The course doesn't require any advanced programming knowledge nor hacking knowledge. It is really aimed towards beginners but even as a professional it might be useful.