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Topic 2.7 of Fundamentals of Malware Analysis
How Windows arranges a process in virtual memory — stack growth direction, heap allocation, PE section mapping, and how to interpret register values and EIP location in a debugger.
By the end of this topic, you will
Quadrant 1 · e-Tutorial
Quick Bite
Quadrant 2 · e-Content
Quadrant 3 · Web Resources
Downloadable reference material
External links
Process Hacker — Memory Map View
Free process monitor. Open any process → Memory tab to see the full virtual memory map with regions, permissions, and mapped files.
x64dbg — Memory Map Panel
In x64dbg: View → Memory Map shows all allocated regions with permissions. RWX regions outside known modules are immediate red flags.
Quadrant 4 · Self-Assessment
Fundamentals of Malware Analysis
Covers the analysis environment, PE file structure, static property examination, behavioural analysis, and dynamic code analysis of Windows executables.
REMA Complete Assessment
A comprehensive 120-question assessment covering the entire Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis curriculum: malware taxonomy and reverse engineering fundamentals, static and dynamic analysis, reversing malicious code, malicious web and document files, in-depth analysis of packed and fileless malware, and self-defending malware techniques.
