Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering Certification
Dissect the threat
Key facts
- Level: Expert
- Field: Cybersecurity & Information Security
- Estimated study time: about 40 hours
- Credential price: $279
- Exam: 70 questions · 90 minutes · pass mark 70%
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.
What you will learn
The official Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering study course covers:
- Malware Analysis Foundations — Establishes the discipline, lab environment, toolchain, and safety practices every malware analyst needs before touching a live sample.
- Static Analysis — Covers hands-on static analysis techniques: file identification, PE structure, string extraction, import analysis, and entropy-based packer detection.
- 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.
- Dynamic Analysis and Behavioral Observation — Teaches hands-on dynamic analysis: running malware under controlled conditions and systematically capturing file, registry, process, network, and mem…
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,…
- Hands-on Lab — Analyze a Sample Safely — A reverse-engineering capstone in Google Colab: hash and triage a sample safely, run static analysis (strings + entropy for packing), disassemble mac…
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering certificate verifiable?
- Yes. Every issued Hootix Academy certificate carries a unique credential code that anyone can verify online.
- How is the Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering exam structured?
- It is a 90-minute proctored multiple-choice exam of 70 questions; you need 70% to pass.
- Do I need to buy the course to take the exam?
- You can purchase the certification exam on its own, or bundle it with the full study course at a reduced price.
- How long does the Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering course take?
- About 40 hours of self-paced study.