Rootkits and bootkits: reversing modern malware and next generationthreats

✍ Scribed by Bratus, Sergey;Matrosov, Alex;Rodionov, Eugene

• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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...

✦ Subjects

Computer security;Logiciels malveillants;Malware (Computer software);Sécurité informatique