Malware Analysis Fundamentals Questions

Fundamental knowledge and hands on skills for analyzing malicious software within forensic investigations. Topics include static examination techniques such as inspecting binary structure and extracting readable strings, dynamic analysis using isolated execution to observe runtime behavior, identifying common malware artifacts found in disk, memory, registry, and network evidence, safe sample handling and documentation practices, and translating analysis results into investigative leads and actionable recommendations for incident response and remediation. Candidates should be able to explain trade offs between analysis techniques, the limitations of automated sandboxes, and how malware behavior maps to forensic traces.