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Author: Digit Oktavianto
ISBN : 1782169237
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About the Author
Digit Oktavianto
Digit Oktavianto is an IT security professional and system administrator with experience in the Linux server, network security, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), vulnerability assesment, penetration testing, intrusion analysis, incident response and incident handling, security hardening, PCI-DSS, and system administration.
He has good experience in Managed Security Services (MSS) projects, Security Operation Centre, operating and maintaining SIEM tools, configuring and setup of IDS/IPS, Firewall, Antivirus, Operating Systems, and Applications.
He works as an information security analyst in Noosc Global, a security consultant firm based in Indonesia. Currently, he holds CEH and GIAC Incident Handler certifications. He is very enthusiastic and has a good passion in malware analysis as his main interest for research. This book is the first book that he has written, and he plans to write more about malware analysis and incident response books.
Iqbal Muhardianto
Iqbal Muhardianto is a security enthusiast and he is working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. He loves breaking things apart just to know how it works. In his computer learning career, he first started with learning MS-DOS and some C programming, after being a System admin, Network Admin, and now he is a IT Security Administrator with some skills in Linux, Windows, Network, SIEM, Malware Analysis, and Pentesting.
He currently lives Norway and works as an IT Staff in the Indonesia Embassy in Oslo.
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- Paperback: 142 pages
- Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 16, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1782169237
- ISBN-13: 978-1782169239
- Product Dimensions: 0.3 x 7.4 x 9.1 inches
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Free Cuckoo Malware Analysis
This book seems like a very rushed product with only thoughts of profit off of a freely shared tool. I plan on writing a more detailed review/complaint to the authors but here are my thoughts:
1) You're better off following the "official" cuckoo configuration guide, which can be found on their webpage, or one of many other freely available guides online. That being said, Chapter 1 of this book (installing cuckoo) is taken almost word for word from the official online guide from the developers of the software. This is a continuing theme throughout the book as most of the other chapters (there's only 5 by the way) are taken from other free sources and can easily be found online.
2) You can't be a complete novice and use solely this book. I'm no Linux/Malware/Programming guru, but I've had plenty of hands on experience with each to make my way. The most difficult part of cuckoo is actually installing the software; between the dependencies, networking and OS you're willing to install malware on, it's a daunting task. Like I said earlier, Ch 1 is about 95% of the online guide. While the online guide is great, it has a few underlying tricks they fail to mention during install and that's ok for a free install guide - not for a published book. I really tried to use this book as my only source to install cuckoo, but I eventually tossed it in favor of the official guide and a few others I found online.
3) Don't expect any new or ground breaking tips. I tried installing cuckoo almost a year ago and that was before I really knew how to handle malware. Now that I've had some experience with it, I was hoping the book at least offered some interesting tips or customizations but once again I was disappointed.