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Malware packers part 1

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Malware packers part 1

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- [Instructor] Hello and welcome to Malware Analysis Challenges: Malware Packers. In this session, we're going to talk about of course packers, but we'll also talk about cryptors and different installers used by malware and how they work. Alright, so packers. A packer is a piece of software that compresses an executable. Now remember, packers themselves aren't malicious. However, they offer malware authors several advantages. The first is that they reduce the size of the executable. So it's possible that with a smaller executable this could evade security perimeter appliances. But not only that, packers also change the appearance of the executable by obfuscating the contents and hiding the real code. In essence, malware authors use packers to hide the true intent of their software. There are several packers that you'll become familiar with when you're performing your malware analysis, and they support different features. As an example, UPX is a well-known packer which offers…

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