Since the publication of Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Code in 2008, the number and complexity of programs developed for malicious and illegal purposes has grown substantially. The 2011 Symantec Internet Security Threat Report announced that over 286 million new threats emerged in the past year. Other anti-virus vendors, including F-Secure, forecast an increase in att…
Since the publication of Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Code in 2008, the number and complexity of programs developed formalicious and illegal purposes have grown substantially. The most current Symantec Internet Security Threat Report announced that over 403 million new threats emerged in 2011. Other antivirus vendors, including F-Secure, document a recent increase in…