Malware Writing for Red and Blue Teams

This class is a defensive, educational exploration of malware development, designed specifically for cybersecurity professionals who want to deepen their understanding of how malicious software actually works under the hood.

Rather than treating malware as a black box, this course walks through the core ideas, structures, and techniques used in real-world malware, giving defenders critical insight into how threats are built, how they evolve, and how they attempt to evade detection.

By understanding the attacker’s perspective, participants become better equipped to:

• Recognize malicious patterns in binaries and scripts
  
• Identify suspicious behaviors during analysis or incident response
  
• Understand why certain detection techniques succeed—or fail
  

This is not a class about writing malware for malicious purposes. It is a controlled, ethical, and professional examination of malware construction as a defensive skillset. All content is framed around education, awareness, and detection, with an emphasis on how defenders can use this knowledge responsibly.

• Malware design patterns and structure
  
• Execution flow and persistence concepts
  
• Obfuscation and basic evasion techniques (from a detection standpoint)
  
• Common mistakes malware authors make and how defenders spot them
  
• How writing malware informs better analysis and threat hunting
  

• Prior attendance at Malware Analysis (recommended)
  
• Basic understanding of operating systems and programming concepts
  

• Laptop (Linux or Windows preferred)
  
• Curiosity and a defensive mindset
  

Intermediate (security students, practitioners, and serious hobbyists)

Cybersecurity, Malware Analysis, Defensive Security, Reverse Engineering, Blue Team

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This class is intended solely for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes. All material is presented to help participants better understand how malware operates so they can more effectively detect, analyze, and defend against real-world threats.

The techniques discussed are examined in a controlled, ethical context and are not intended for malicious use. Participants are expected to adhere to all applicable laws, professional standards, and ethical guidelines.

Knowledge of attacker methods is a core component of modern defensive security work, and this course is designed to strengthen that defensive capability.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hackers Guild PGH, 2247 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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