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Mastering Malware Analysis

You're reading from   Mastering Malware Analysis The complete malware analyst's guide to combating malicious software, APT, cybercrime, and IoT attacks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789610789
Length 562 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alexey Kleymenov Alexey Kleymenov
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Fundamental Theory FREE CHAPTER
2. A Crash Course in CISC/RISC and Programming Basics 3. Section 2: Diving Deep into Windows Malware
4. Basic Static and Dynamic Analysis for x86/x64 5. Unpacking, Decryption, and Deobfuscation 6. Inspecting Process Injection and API Hooking 7. Bypassing Anti-Reverse Engineering Techniques 8. Understanding Kernel-Mode Rootkits 9. Section 3: Examining Cross-Platform Malware
10. Handling Exploits and Shellcode 11. Reversing Bytecode Languages: .NET, Java, and More 12. Scripts and Macros: Reversing, Deobfuscation, and Debugging 13. Section 4: Looking into IoT and Other Platforms
14. Dissecting Linux and IoT Malware 15. Introduction to macOS and iOS Threats 16. Analyzing Android Malware Samples 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Rootkit detectors

This group of tools checks for the presence of techniques commonly used by rootkits in the system and provides detailed information. They are very useful for behavioral analysis to confirm that the sample has been loaded properly. Additionally, they can be used to determine the functionality of the sample relatively quickly. Some of the most popular tools are as follows:

  • GMER: This powerful tool supports multiple rootkit patterns and provides relatively detailed technical information. It is able to search for various hidden artifacts, such as processes, services, files, registry keys, and more. Additionally, it features the rootkit removal tool.
  • RootkitRevealer: This is another advanced rootkit detection tool—this time from Sysinternals. Unlike GMER, its output is less technical and it hasn't been updated for a while.

Other discontinued rootkit detection tools include Rootkit Unhooker, DarkSpy, and IceSword.

Apart from these, there are multiple rootkit...

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