Malware Analysis Courses and Certifications

Packt Career Certificate

Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) v2

5 ratings at Coursera

Work through the nine-step incident response process—preparation, triage, containment, recovery—then handle malware, email, network, web app, cloud, and insider incidents using Wireshark, OSSIM, and Autopsy.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Edureka

Cybersecurity and Network Defense Fundamentals

Analyze cyber threats with the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK, investigate logs in Kali Linux, examine phishing and ransomware, and monitor traffic with Wireshark and Snort.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EC-Council

Digital Forensics Essentials: Hands-On Edition

Conduct forensic investigations: acquire and preserve digital evidence, examine hard disks and file systems, defeat anti-forensics, and investigate Windows, Linux, network, dark web, email, and malware incidents.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ethical Hacking: System Hacking Phases and Attack Techniques

Learn to identify and prioritize system vulnerabilities, gain access and escalate privileges on compromised systems, and counter malware threats like APTs and fileless malware.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Handling Security Incidents Across Domains

Handle security incidents across domains: collect volatile and static digital evidence, contain malware, respond to email attacks, and manage unauthorized access, denial-of-service, and wireless incidents.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Advanced Incident Handling and Analysis Techniques

Handle security incidents end to end: respond to web application and cloud breaches, counter insider threats, and analyze volatile data, malware and intrusions with Wireshark, Autopsy and OSSIM.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Endpoint & Wireless Security

Harden endpoints and secure wireless networks: analyze malware types, apply antivirus, EDR and application whitelisting, and configure WPA3 and 802.1X/RADIUS authentication in hands-on labs.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

SOC Operations for Blue Team Professionals (2026)

Analyze cyber threats and strengthen blue-team defenses using MITRE ATT&CK, Splunk, VirusTotal, PCAP files, log analysis, and static and dynamic malware techniques.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Ransomware Playbook - A Complete Guide for IT Professionals

Learn to defend against ransomware: build an incident response plan, spot early attack indicators, contain and eradicate threats, restore systems, and apply Zero Trust architecture.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Reverse Engineering: Create Your Own GUI CrackMe using C++

Build your own C++ GUI CrackMes while implementing serial-key validation, trial periods, nag screens, anti-debugger protection, and client-server activation.

• Coursera
• 13 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

John Hammond

How Hackers Trick Everyone to Run Malware - FileFix Analysis

A short look at FileFix, a technique that tricks people into running malware.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Game Hacking: Cheat Engine Game Hacking Basics

248 ratings at Udemy

Introduction to reverse engineering and memory hacking using Cheat Engine

• Udemy
• 3 hours 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Cyber Security Basics: A Hands-on Approach

24 ratings at edX

Learn how to think like a hacker, but behave as a security expert.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 5-7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

x64 Assembly Language and Reverse Engineering Practicals

125 ratings at Udemy

Understand x64 (64-bit) assembly code and apply knowledge to reversing x86 and x64 programs

• Udemy
• 13 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

DEFCONConference

Signature-Based Detection Using Network Timing - Malware Traffic Analysis

Explore advanced malware detection techniques using network timing patterns and Python, learning to identify malicious behavior through transaction intervals rather than traditional code signatures.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video