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A malware analyst deals with hundreds of files every day. All the files on a system need to be categorized so that an analyst understands the potential damage that one file can do to the system. A malware analyst needs to be aware of the various file formats and how to identify them. In this chapter, you go through various kinds of files and learn how to identify their extensions and formats.
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Mohanta, A., Saldanha, A. (2020). Files and File Formats. In: Malware Analysis and Detection Engineering. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6193-4_3
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