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MODULE 01

Safety First: The Lab

Setting up a safe, isolated environment for detonating malware.

The Golden Rules of Malware Analysis

You are about to handle weaponized code. One mistake can infect your host, your network, or your organization.

☣️ CRITICAL SAFETY PROTOCOLS

  • Air-Gapped Network: Your analysis machine should NEVER touch the production internet directly.
  • Host-Only Networking: VMs should talk to a simulated internet (INetSim), not the real one.
  • Snapshots: Take a clean snapshot BEFORE running any sample. Revert immediately after.
  • Disable Shared Folders: Malware can crawl up the VM host sharing features.