on my way to become malware analyst
Description
This content is a personal learning roadmap shared by an individual aspiring to become a malware analyst. It includes references to resources for learning C programming, assembly language, and Windows internals, but does not describe any specific malware or security threat.
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hey there so i will be straight to the point iam learning c right now and my current roadmap is this first learn c from the beej guide to c programming and then learn assembly from this resources https://0xinfection.xyz/reversing/pages/part-1-the-cyber-revolution.html and then learn windows internal and then finally heavnly wizardy 101 so my question is that is dsa necessary to become malware analyst do i need to grind the leetcode as well what do you guys says and currently i have finished pointers struc and typedef from the beej guide and iam currently right now in memory allocation so guys please tell me should i follow this roadmap and not learn dsa and also how is my roadmap including my resources.
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The provided information is a user post from Reddit where the author outlines their educational path towards malware analysis, including studying C programming and assembly language through publicly available tutorials. There is no technical detail or indication of an actual malware sample, exploit, or vulnerability in the data provided.
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- Subreddit
- ExploitDev+pwned+hacking
- Reddit Score
- 0
- Discussion Level
- minimal
- Content Source
- reddit_link_post
- Post Type
- link
- Newsworthiness Assessment
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- Has External Source
- true
- Trusted Domain
- false
Threat ID: 6ad80f872cdf04f6568ea732
Added to database: 10/21/2026, 01:04:07 UTC
Last enriched: 10/21/2026, 01:04:09 UTC
Last updated: 10/21/2026, 03:18:11 UTC
Views: 4
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