What is malware and malware analysis?

Malware

Malware is, by definition, any code that performs malicious, unknown or 'bad' action.
Malware is a short term for malicious software. Malware is basically a piece of software that does malicious activity. Malicious activity can be of many types such as stealing user's personal information (such as usernames, passwords, credit card information etc.) providing backdoor access to attacker, destroying files on the system, etc. anything that is designed to damage, disable or disrupt computer or computer systems.

Wikipedia
Malware, short for malicious (or malevolent) software, is software used or created by attackers to disrupt computer operation, gather sensitive information, or gain access to private computer systems. It can appear in the form of code, scripts, active content, and other software.'Malware' is a general term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software.

Welcome to the world of malware!

Welcome to "TheMalwareHunter" blog. This blog will be dedicated to Malware Analysis mostly and we will also do some reverse engineering along the way. There are also many other blog related to malware analysis but they are not focused on newbies, to understand those blogs you already need to have quite technical knowledge of RE and Malware Analysis. So i am starting this blog as a central repository for people who wants to start with Malware Analysis. We will start from basics and gradually go to more advanced techniques. Any feedback or comments are welcome.