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Does malware analysis seem like an arcane process involving hours of staring at assembly in OllyDbg or IDA? Is the only alternative relying on an "auto-magically" generated report from a sandbox? Many of the malware variants that today's analyst will face during incident response are not compiled binaries like Windows PE files. We will demystify analysis of JavaScript and VBA/VBS trojan downloaders embedded in phishing email attachments, PowerShell scripts used for post-exploitation, and tiny web shell backdoors. Our talk will seek to familiarize frontline defenders and anyone interested in the state of “now” malware analysis, with modern script-based variants.