Week 3: Malware Architecture

The components a malware system is built from, and why that system increasingly resembles ordinary software

10 August 2027

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A working piece of malware is a system, not a single trick, assembled from payloads, loaders and the supporting infrastructure that keeps them working.

Outline#

• components of a malware system
• payloads, loaders and supporting infrastructure
• designing for modularity
• why malware increasingly resembles ordinary software