YARA Basics for Cybersecurity

Quickly Learn to Use YARA for Malware Analysis

What you'll learn
Find out how YARA can boot your threat hunting skills
Learn to overcome the limitations of hash-based matching
Learn the syntax for writing YARA rules
Create your own basic and more advanced rules
Discover how to write effective rules with practical examples

Requirements
A basic understanding of computing concepts and and security is helpful

Description
In this course, you'll quickly learn to use YARA for identifying potentially malicious pieces of software.Traditional hash-based malware detections can be easily defeated and are sometimes unreliable.  Malware creators use a variety of tactics to devise new malware variants that evade traditional detection.  To overcome the limitations of hash-based matching, YARA gives you a full-feature pattern matching framework.Learn how to leverage YARA's capabilities to help fill the gaps in your malware analysis process, enabling you to better detect and respond to malware incidents.Key topics topics and basic skills that you'll develop are:Gain an understanding of how hashing and pattern matching workBecome familiar with YARA as a pattern-matching frameworkInstall YARA on your systemLearn the syntax for writing YARA rulesCreate your own basic and more advanced rulesDiscover how to write effective rules with practical examplesCreate a rule to look for Web ShellsDesign and implement a rule to look for ransomwareAnd more!When you're finished with the course, you'll have the basic skills and knowledge to start writing YARA rules to assist with detection and response to malware incidents.Quickly learn the right YARA skills to give your threat hunting and malware analysis skills a huge boost in efficiency and effectiveness!

Who this course is for
Anyone interested in malware detection and threat hunting
Malware Analysts
Threat Hunters
Cybersecurity Professionals

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