Designing BSD Rootkits

2007 Computers

Author : Joseph Kong
Release : 2007
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 425/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Designing BSD Rootkits by : Joseph Kong

Download or read book Designing BSD Rootkits written by Joseph Kong. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Designing BSD Rootkits" introduces the fundamentals of programming and developing rootkits under the FreeBSD operating system. Written in a friendly, accessible style and sprinkled with geek humor and pop culture references, the author favors a "learn by example" approach that assumes no prior kernel hacking experience.

Designing BSD Rootkits

2007-04-01 Computers

Author : Joseph Kong
Release : 2007-04-01
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 581/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Designing BSD Rootkits by : Joseph Kong

Download or read book Designing BSD Rootkits written by Joseph Kong. This book was released on 2007-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though rootkits have a fairly negative image, they can be used for both good and evil. Designing BSD Rootkits arms you with the knowledge you need to write offensive rootkits, to defend against malicious ones, and to explore the FreeBSD kernel and operating system in the process. Organized as a tutorial, Designing BSD Rootkits will teach you the fundamentals of programming and developing rootkits under the FreeBSD operating system. Author Joseph Kong's goal is to make you smarter, not to teach you how to write exploits or launch attacks. You'll learn how to maintain root access long after gaining access to a computer and how to hack FreeBSD. Kongs liberal use of examples assumes no prior kernel-hacking experience but doesn't water down the information. All code is thoroughly described and analyzed, and each chapter contains at least one real-world application. Included: –The fundamentals of FreeBSD kernel module programming –Using call hooking to subvert the FreeBSD kernel –Directly manipulating the objects the kernel depends upon for its internal record-keeping –Patching kernel code resident in main memory; in other words, altering the kernel's logic while it’s still running –How to defend against the attacks described Hack the FreeBSD kernel for yourself!

FreeBSD Device Drivers

2012-05-12 Computers

Author : Joseph Kong
Release : 2012-05-12
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 36X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book FreeBSD Device Drivers written by Joseph Kong. This book was released on 2012-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Device drivers make it possible for your software to communicate with your hardware, and because every operating system has specific requirements, driver writing is nontrivial. When developing for FreeBSD, you've probably had to scour the Internet and dig through the kernel sources to figure out how to write the drivers you need. Thankfully, that stops now. In FreeBSD Device Drivers, Joseph Kong will teach you how to master everything from the basics of building and running loadable kernel modules to more complicated topics like thread synchronization. After a crash course in the different FreeBSD driver frameworks, extensive tutorial sections dissect real-world drivers like the parallel port printer driver. You'll learn: –All about Newbus, the infrastructure used by FreeBSD to manage the hardware devices on your system –How to work with ISA, PCI, USB, and other buses –The best ways to control and communicate with the hardware devices from user space –How to use Direct Memory Access (DMA) for maximum system performance –The inner workings of the virtual null modem terminal driver, the USB printer driver, the Intel PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver, and other important drivers –How to use Common Access Method (CAM) to manage host bus adapters (HBAs) Concise descriptions and extensive annotations walk you through the many code examples. Don't waste time searching man pages or digging through the kernel sources to figure out how to make that arcane bit of hardware work with your system. FreeBSD Device Drivers gives you the framework that you need to write any driver you want, now.

Rootkits and Bootkits

2019-05-07 Computers

Author : Alex Matrosov
Release : 2019-05-07
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 837/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Rootkits and Bootkits written by Alex Matrosov. This book was released on 2019-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rootkits and Bootkits will teach you how to understand and counter sophisticated, advanced threats buried deep in a machine’s boot process or UEFI firmware. With the aid of numerous case studies and professional research from three of the world’s leading security experts, you’ll trace malware development over time from rootkits like TDL3 to present-day UEFI implants and examine how they infect a system, persist through reboot, and evade security software. As you inspect and dissect real malware, you’ll learn: • How Windows boots—including 32-bit, 64-bit, and UEFI mode—and where to find vulnerabilities • The details of boot process security mechanisms like Secure Boot, including an overview of Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) and Device Guard • Reverse engineering and forensic techniques for analyzing real malware, including bootkits like Rovnix/Carberp, Gapz, TDL4, and the infamous rootkits TDL3 and Festi • How to perform static and dynamic analysis using emulation and tools like Bochs and IDA Pro • How to better understand the delivery stage of threats against BIOS and UEFI firmware in order to create detection capabilities • How to use virtualization tools like VMware Workstation to reverse engineer bootkits and the Intel Chipsec tool to dig into forensic analysis Cybercrime syndicates and malicious actors will continue to write ever more persistent and covert attacks, but the game is not lost. Explore the cutting edge of malware analysis with Rootkits and Bootkits. Covers boot processes for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.

Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition

2008 Computers

Author : Michael W. Lucas
Release : 2008
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 514/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition written by Michael W. Lucas. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised second edition is a practical and comprehensive book that takes readers through the intricacies of the FreeBSD platform and teaches them how to build, configure, and manage the FreeBSD server.

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