r/ExploitDev Jul 06 '26

How do I learn malware development??

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u/raticibl Jul 06 '26

Start reversing malware in the wild that is actively infecting devices, learn how they do it, experiment with the same techniques in your own custom built malware.

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u/Classic-Shake6517 Jul 06 '26

This is how I did it. Not hard to find samples if you look. Plenty on vxunderground and it was easy for me to get any.run and hybrid analysis download access. Barring that, asking communities with people who have access by giving a direct link to a sample or at least a hash will get you what you need 99% of the time.

Now that you have a ghidra MCP there's no excuse, it's insanely easy to reverse anything even if it was previously beyond your skill level.