Antivirus Bypass Techniques : Learn Practical Techniques and Tactics to Combat, Bypass, and Evade Antivirus Software
Nir Yehoshua, Uriel Kosayev

Develop more secure and effective antivirus solutions by leveraging antivirus bypass techniquesKey FeaturesGain a clear understanding of the security landscape and research approaches to bypass antivirus softwareBecome well-versed with practical techniques to bypass antivirus solutionsDiscover best practices to develop robust antivirus solutionsBook DescriptionAntivirus software is built to detect, prevent, and remove malware from systems, but this does not guarantee the security of your antivirus solution as certain changes can trick the antivirus and pose a risk for users. This book will help you to gain a basic understanding of antivirus software and take you through a series of antivirus bypass techniques that will enable you to bypass antivirus solutions. The book starts by introducing you to the cybersecurity landscape, focusing on cyber threats, malware, and more. You will learn how to collect leads to research antivirus and explore the two common bypass approaches used by the authors. Once you've covered the essentials of antivirus research and bypassing, you'll get hands-on with bypassing antivirus software using obfuscation, encryption, packing, PowerShell, and more. Toward the end, the book covers security improvement recommendations, useful for both antivirus vendors as well as for developers to help strengthen the security and malware detection capabilities of antivirus software. By the end of this security book, you'll have a better understanding of antivirus software and be able to confidently bypass antivirus software.What you will learnExplore the security landscape and get to grips with the fundamentals of antivirus softwareDiscover how to gather AV bypass research leads using malware analysis toolsUnderstand the two commonly used antivirus bypass approachesFind out how to bypass static and dynamic antivirus enginesUnderstand and implement bypass techniques in real-world scenariosLeverage best practices and recommendations for implementing antivirus solutionsWho this book is forThis book is for security researchers, malware analysts, reverse engineers, pentesters, antivirus vendors looking to strengthen their detection capabilities, antivirus users and companies that want to test and evaluate their antivirus software, organizations that want to test and evaluate antivirus software before purchase or acquisition, and tech-savvy individuals who want to learn new topics.

Издательство:

Packt Publishing

Год издания:

2021

ISBN:

978-1-8010-7974-7

ISBN:

978-1-8010-7560-2