# chvancooten/maldev-for-dummies

A workshop about Malware Development

Repository: https://github.com/chvancooten/maldev-for-dummies
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/maldev-for-dummies
Language: Nim
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: hacktoberfest, malware, malware-development, workshop
Last push: 2023-06-02T08:09:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1577, "days_push": 1188, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1817, forks 236 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:40.559745+00:00)

## What it is
A self-paced workshop with slides and exercises teaching the fundamentals of malware development for offensive security practitioners, covering the Windows API, shellcode execution and injection, and AV/EDR evasion. Materials were presented at Hack in Paris 2022 and X33fcon 2023, with primary language support for C# and Nim.

## Use cases
- learn malware development from scratch
- understand how EDR evasion techniques work
- get started writing shellcode loaders in Nim or C#
- red team operator training on custom payloads
- study Windows API usage for offensive tooling
- defender training to understand attacker techniques

## When to choose
- you are a beginner in offensive security wanting a structured, hands-on introduction to malware development
- you are a red teamer who needs to move beyond pre-compiled payloads
- you are a defender or malware analyst who wants to understand how evasion techniques are built

## When to avoid
- you want a production-ready offensive security tool rather than educational material
- you need an up-to-date course reflecting the latest EDR landscape, as the last release was mid-2023
- you are looking for general software development or defensive security engineering resources

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, reverse-engineering
- domain: security, penetration-testing, tutorials, windows
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: malware-development, red-team, offensive-security, edr-evasion, workshop, nim, csharp, shellcode, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- chvancooten/maldev-for-dummies (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:40.559745+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:20:10.974108+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chvancooten/maldev-for-dummies (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:40.559745+00:00, sha d528c679e22b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.