How I'm Learning Windows Internals as a Security Practitioner
Disclaimer: I am not sponsored by any of the training companies that are mentioned in this post. These are platforms that I have used in my journey and the opinions expressed are my own. Why I Started A few years ago I saw an ad for Maldev Academy and I was immediately nerd-sniped. But I had a problem: I didn’t know anything about Windows internals. While it is possible to learn malware development without fully understanding Windows internals, it’s not really recommended. And to be honest, without learning some of the intricacies of Windows you’re really missing out on a lot of important concepts. This was me. I was learning about malware by barely scratching the surface of Windows, I was stagnant, and I was quickly losing motivation. So much so, that I put it on hold for the next couple of years. ...