Includes index.

Windows foundational concepts -- Malware triage and behavioral analysis -- Static and dynamic code analysis -- Enumerating operating system artifacts -- User environment and interaction detection -- Enumerating hardware and network configurations -- Runtime environment and virtual processor anomalies -- Evading sandboxes and disrupting analysis -- Anti-disassembly -- Anti-debugging -- Covert code execution and misdirection -- Process injection, manipulation, and hooking -- Evading endpoint and network defenses -- Introduction to rootkits -- Fileless malware and anti-forensics -- Encoding and encryption -- Packers and unpacking malware -- Building an anti-evasion analysis lab.

"This book is full of practical information, real-world examples, and cutting-edge techniques for discovering, reverse engineering, and analyzing state-of-the-art malware. It covers the basics in the context of the Windows operating system and details the tricks and evasive maneuvers that malware programs use to avoid detection and security controls. The book also instructs the reader on how to build their own anti-evasion analysis lab"--