Training – Pavel Yosifovich

Rust Programming Masterclass Training

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past several years (and you are a software developer), the Rust programming language is hard to ignore – in fact, it’s been voted as the “most loved” language for several years (whatever that means). Rust provides the power and performance of C++ with full memory and concurrency safety. It’s a system programming languages, but has high-level features like functional programming style and modularity. That said, Rust has a relatively steep learning curve compared to other mainstream languages.

I’m happy to announce a new training class – Rust Programming Masterclass. This is a brand new, 4 day class, split into 8 half-days, that covers all the foundational pieces of Rust. Here is the list of modules:

Module 1: Introduction to Rust
Module 2: Language Fundamentals
Module 3: Ownership
Module 4: Compound Types
Module 5: Common Types and Collections
Module 6: Modules and Project Management
Module 7: Error Handling
Module 8: Generics and Traits
Module 9: Smart Pointers
Module 10: Functional Programming
Module 11: Threads and Concurrency
Module 12: Async and Await
Module 13: Unsafe Rust and Interoperability
Module 14: Macros
Module 15: Lifetimes

Dates are listed below. The times are 11am-3pm EST (8am-12pm PST) (4pm-8pm UT)
March: 25, 27, 29, April: 1, 3, 5, 8, 10.

Cost: 850 USD (if paid by an individual), 1500 USD if paid by a company. Previous students in my classes get 10% off.

Special bonus for this course: anyone registering gets a 50% discount to any two courses at https://training.trainsec.net.

Registration

If you’d like to register, please send me an email to zodiacon@live.com and provide your full name, company (if any), preferred contact email, and your time zone.

The sessions will be recorded, so you can watch any part you may be missing, or that may be somewhat overwhelming in “real time”.

As usual, if you have any questions, feel free to send me an email, or DM on X (twitter) or Linkedin.

x64 Architecture and Programming Class

I promised this class a while back, and now it is happening. This is a brand new, 3 day class, split into 6 half-days, that covers the x64 processor architecture, programming in general, and programming in the context of Windows. The syllabus can be found here. It may change a bit, but should mostly be stable.

Dates are listed below. The times are 12pm-4pm EST (9am-1pm PST) (5pm-9pm UT)
January: 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31.

Cost: 750 USD (if paid by an individual), 1400 USD if paid by a company.

Registration

If you’d like to register, please send me an email to zodiacon@live.com and provide your full name, company (if any), preferred contact email, and your time zone. Previous participants in my classes get 10% off.

The sessions will be recorded, so you can watch any part you may be missing, or that may be somewhat overwhelming in “real time”.

As usual, if you have any questions, feel free to send me an email, or DM on X (twitter) or Linkedin.

Kernel Programming MasterClass

It’s been a while since I have taught a public class. I am happy to launch a new class that combines Windows Kernel Programming and Advanced Windows Kernel Programming into a 6-day (48 hours) masterclass. The full syllabus can be found here.

There is a special bonus for those registering for this class: you get one free recorded course from Windows Internals and Programming (trainsec.net)!

For those who have attended the Windows Kernel Programming class, and wish to capture the more “advanced” stuff, I offer one of two options:

Join the second part (3 days) of the training, at 60% of the entire course cost.
Register for the entire course with a 20% discount, and get the free recorded course.

The course is planned to stretch from mid-December to late-January, in 4-hour chunks to make it easier to combine with other activities and also have the time to do lab exercises (very important for truly understanding the material). Yes, I know christmas is in the middle there, I’ll keep the last week of December free 🙂

The course will be conducted remotely using MS Teams or similar.

Dates and times (not final, but unlikely to change much, if at all):

Dec 2023: 12, 14, 19, 21: 12pm-4pm EST (9am-1pm PST)
Jan 2024: 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25: 12pm-4pm EST (9am-1pm PST)

Training cost:

Early bird (until Nov 22): 1150 USD
After Nov 22: 1450 USD

If you’d like to register, please write to zodiacon@live.com with your name, company name (if any), and time zone. If you have any question, use the same email or DM me on X (Twitter) or Linkedin.

Upcoming Training Classes for June & July

I’m happy to announce 3 upcoming remote training classes to be held in June and July.

Windows System Programming

This is a 5-day class, split into 10 half-days. The syllabus can be found here.

All times are 11am to 3pm ET (8am to 11am, PT) (4pm to 8pm, London time)

June: 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28

Cost: 950 USD if paid by an individual, 1900 USD if paid by a company.

COM Programming

This is a 3-day course, split into 6 half-days. The syllabus can be found here.

All times are 11am to 3pm ET (8am to 11am, PT) (4pm to 8pm, London time)

July: 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19

Cost: 750 USD (if paid by an individual), 1500 USD if paid by a company.

x64 Architecture and Programming

This is a brand new, 3 day class, split into 6 half-days, that covers the x64 processor architecture, programming in general, and programming in the context of Windows. The syllabus is not finalized yet, but it will cover at least the following topics:

General architecture and brief history
Registers
Addressing modes
Stand-alone assembly programs
Mixing assembly with C/C++
MSVC compiler-generated assembly
Operating modes: real, protected, long (+paging)
Major instruction groups
Macros
Shellcode
BIOS and assembly

July: 24, 25, 26, 31, August: 1, 2

Cost: 750 USD (if paid by an individual), 1500 USD if paid by a company.

Registration

If you’d like to register, please send me an email to zodiacon@live.com and provide the name of the training class of interest, your full name, company (if any), preferred contact email, and your time zone. Previous participants in my classes get 10% off. If you register for more than one class, the second (and third) are 10% off as well.

The sessions will be recorded, so you can watch any part you may be missing, or that may be somewhat overwhelming in “real time”.

As usual, if you have any questions, feel free to send me an email, or DM on twitter (@zodiacon) or Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavely/).

Windows Kernel Programming Class Recordings

I’ve recently posted about the upcoming training classes, the first of which is Advanced Windows Kernel Programming in April. Some people have asked me how can they participate if they have not taken the Windows Kernel Programming fundamentals class, and they might not have the required time to read the book.

Since I don’t plan on providing the fundamentals training class before April, after some thought, I decided to do the following.

I am selling one of the previous Windows Kernel Programming class recordings, along with the course PDF materials, the labs, and solutions to the labs. This is the first time I’m selling recordings of my public classes. If this “experiment” goes well, I might consider doing this with other classes as well. Having recordings is not the same as doing a live training class, but it’s the next best thing if the knowledge provided is valuable and useful. It’s about 32 hours of video, and plenty of labs to keep you busy 🙂

As an added bonus, I am also giving the following to those purchasing the training class:

You get 10% discount for the Advanced Windows Kernel Programming class in April.
You will be added to a discord server that will host all the Alumni from my public classes (an idea I was given by some of my students which will happen soon)
A live session with me sometime in early April (I’ll do a couple in different times of day so all time zones can find a comfortable session) where you can ask questions about the class, etc.

These are the modules covered in the class recordings:

Module 0: Introduction
Module 1: Windows Internals Overview
Module 2: The I/O System
Module 3: Device Driver Basics
Module 4: The I/O Request Packet
Module 5: Kernel Mechanisms
Module 6: Process and Thread Monitoring
Module 7: Object and Registry Notifications
Module 8: File System Mini-Filters Fundamentals
Module 9: Miscellaneous Techniques

If you’re interested in purchasing the class, send me an email to zodiacon@live.com with the title “Kernel Programming class recordings” and I will reply with payment details. Once paid, reply with the payment information, and I will share a link with the course. I’m working on splitting the recordings into meaningful chunks, so not all are ready yet, but these will be completed in the next day or so.

Here are the rules after a purchase:

No refunds – once you have access to the recordings, this is it.
No sharing – the content is for your own personal viewing. No sharing of any kind is allowed.
No reselling – I own the copyright and all rights.

The cost is 490 USD for the entire class. That’s the whole 32 hours.

If you’re part of a company (or simply have friends) that would like to purchase multiple “licenses”, contact me for a discount.

Upcoming Public Training Classes for April/May

Today I’m happy to announce two training classes to take place in April and May. These classes will be in 4-hour session chunks, so that it’s easier to consume even for uncomfortable time zones.

The first is Advanced Windows Kernel Programming, a class I was promising for quite some time now… it will be held on the following dates:

April: 18, 20, 24, 27 and May: 1, 4, 8, 11 (4 days total)
Times: 11am to 3pm ET (8am-12pm PT, 4pm to 8pm UT/GMT)

The course will include advanced topics in Windows kernel development, and is recommended for those that were in my Windows Kernel Programming class or have equivalent knowledge; for example, by reading my book Windows Kernel Programming.

Example topics include: deep dive into Windows’ kernel design, working with APCs, Windows Filtering Platform callout drivers, advanced memory management techniques, plug & play filter drivers, and more!

The second class is Windows Internals to be held on the following dates:

May: 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 18, 22, 24, 30 and June: 1, 5 (5.5 days)
Times: 11am to 3pm ET (8am-12pm PT, 4pm to 8pm UT/GMT)

The syllabus can be found here (some modifications possible, but the general outline remains).

Cost
950 USD (if paid by an individual), 1900 USD (if paid by a company). The cost is the same for these training classes. Previous students in my classes get 10% off.
Multiple participants from the same company get a discount as well (contact me for the details).

If you’d like to register, please send me an email to zodiacon@live.com with the name of the training in the email title, provide your full name, company (if any), preferred contact email, and your time zone.

The sessions will be recorded, so you can watch any part you may be missing, or that may be somewhat overwhelming in “real time”.

As usual, if you have any questions, feel free to send me an email, or DM on twitter (@zodiacon) or Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavely/).

Upcoming COM Programming Class

Today I’m happy to announce the next COM Programming class to be held in February 2023. The syllabus for the 3 day class can be found here. The course will be delivered in 6 half-days (4 hours each).

Dates: February (7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16).
Times: 11am to 3pm EST (8am to 12pm PST) (4pm to 8pm UT)
Cost: 750 USD (if paid by an individual), 1400 USD (if paid by a company).

Half days should make it comfortable enough even if you’re not in an ideal time zone.

The class will be conducted remotely using Microsoft Teams.

What you need to know before the class: You should be comfortable using Windows on a Power User level. Concepts such as processes, threads, DLLs, and virtual memory should be understood fairly well. You should have experience writing code in C and some C++. You don’t have to be an expert, but you must know C and basic C++ to get the most out of this class. In case you have doubts, talk to me.

Participants in my Windows Internals and Windows System Programming classes have the required knowledge for the class.

We’ll start by looking at why COM was created in the first place, and then build clients and servers, digging into various mechanisms COM provides. See the syllabus for more details.

Previous students in my classes get 10% off. Multiple participants from the same company get a discount (email me for the details).

To register, send an email to zodiacon@live.com with the title “COM Programming Training”, and write the name(s), email(s) and time zone(s) of the participants.

Next Windows Internals Training

I’m happy to open registration for the next 5 day Windows Internals training to be conducted in November in the following dates and from 11am to 7pm, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (8am to 4pm PST): 21, 22, 28, 29, 30.

The syllabus can be found here (some modifications possible, but the general outline should remain).

Training cost is 900 USD if paid by an individual, or 1800 USD if paid by a company. Participants in any of my previous training classes get 10% off.

If you’d like to register, please send me an email to zodiacon@live.com with “Windows Internals training” in the title, provide your full name, company (if any), preferred contact email, and your time zone.

The sessions will be recorded, so you can watch any part you may be missing, or that may be somewhat overwhelming in “real time”.

As usual, if you have any questions, feel free to send me an email, or DM on twitter (@zodiacon) or Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavely/).

Next Windows Kernel Programming Class

I’m happy to announce the next 5-day virtual Windows Kernel Programming class to be held in October. The syllabus for the class can be found here. A notable addition to the class is an introduction to the Kernel Mode Driver Framework (KMDF).

Dates and Times (all in October 2022), times based on London:
11 (full day): 4pm to 12am
12 (full day): 4pm to 12am
13 (half day): 4pm to 8pm
17 (half day): 4pm to 8pm
18 (full day): 4pm to 12am
19 (half day): 4pm to 8pm
20 (half day): 4pm to 8pm

The class will be recorded and provided to the participants.

Cost:
900 USD if paid by an individual
1700 USD if paid by a company
Previous participants of my classes get 10% off. Multiple participants from the same company get a discount as well (talk to me).

Registration
To register, send email to zodiacon@live.com and provide the name(s) and email(s) of the participant(s), the company name (if any), and your time zone (for my information, although I cannot change course times).

Feel free to contact me for any questions or comments via email, twitter (@zodiacon) or Linkedin.

Registration is open for the Windows Internals training

My schedule has been a mess in recent months, and continues to be so for the next few months. However, I am opening registration today for the Windows Internals training with some date changes from my initial plan.

Here are the dates and times (all based on London time) – 5 days total:

July 6: 4pm to 12am (full day)
July 7: 4pm to 8pm
July 11: 4pm to 12am (full day)
July 12, 13, 14, 18, 19: 4pm to 8pm

Training cost is 800 USD, if paid by an individual, or 1500 USD if paid by a company. Participants from Ukraine (please provide some proof) are welcome with a 90% discount (paying 80 USD, individual payments only).

If you’d like to register, please send me an email to zodiacon@live.com with “Windows Internals training” in the title, provide your full name, company (if any), preferred contact email, and your time zone. The basic syllabus can be found here. if you’ve sent me an email before when I posted about my upcoming classes, you don’t have to do that again – I will send full details soon.

The sessions will be recorded, so can watch any part you may be missing, or that may be somewhat overwhelming in “real time”.

As usual, if you have any questions, feel free to send me an email, or DM me on twitter (@zodiacon) or Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavely/).