Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering
Dissect the threat
Key facts
- Level: Expert
- Field: Cybersecurity & Information Security
- Certification price: $363 (one-time payment)
- Online course: Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering — Study Course — $286
- Course + exam bundle: $649
- Exam: 40 multiple-choice questions · 90 minutes · passing score 70% · up to 3 attempts
- Estimated study time: about 40 hours
- Validity: 24 months
- Certification language: English
About the Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering certification
Analyze malicious code: static and dynamic analysis, sandboxing, x86 assembly and disassembly, unpacking and anti-analysis evasion, behavioral analysis and writing detection signatures.
Course outline
The Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering — Study Course course covers:
- Malware Analysis Foundations — Establishes the discipline, lab environment, toolchain, and safety practices every malware analyst needs before touching a live sample. (3 lessons)
- Static Analysis — Covers hands-on static analysis techniques: file identification, PE structure, string extraction, import analysis, and entropy-based packer detection. (4 lessons)
- x86/x64 Assembly for Reverse Engineering — Teaches enough assembly language to read disassembler output fluently, understand calling conventions, and recognize common code patterns in malware. (3 lessons)
- Dynamic Analysis and Behavioral Observation — Teaches hands-on dynamic analysis: running malware under controlled conditions and systematically capturing file, registry, process, network, and… (4 lessons)
- Advanced Techniques — Evasion, Injection, and Persistence — Covers the anti-analysis, injection, and persistence mechanisms used by sophisticated malware, equipping analysts to recognize and defeat them. (3 lessons)
- Disassembly, Decompilation, and Config Extraction — Teaches use of IDA Pro and Ghidra for deep-dive reverse engineering, decompiler-aided analysis, and practical malware configuration extraction. (3 lessons)
- Exam Readiness — Concepts, Structure, and Practice Strategy — Consolidates all key concepts, maps them to exam domains, explains how the Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering expert-level exam is structured… (3 lessons)
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering certificate verifiable?
- Yes. Every certificate issued by BC Skills Academy carries a unique credential ID that anyone can check on the public verification page.
- How is the Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering exam structured?
- It is a timed, randomized multiple-choice exam of 40 questions in 90 minutes, graded instantly; you need 70% to pass.
- Can I get a refund?
- Full refund within 7 days of purchase if you have not started the exam. Once the exam has been started or completed, the purchase is no longer refundable.