Professional RootkitsISBN: 978-0-470-10154-4
Paperback
360 pages
March 2007
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This book provides the detailed, step-by-step instructions and examples required to produce full-featured, robust rootkits. Presented in modular sections, source code from each chapter can be used separately or together to produce highlyspecific functionality. In addition, Vieler details the loading, configuration, and control techniques used to deploy rootkits. All ancillary software is fully detailed with supporting source code and links to the compilers, utilities, and scripts necessary to build and run every example provided.
What you will learn from this book
- Complete coverage of all major rootkit technologies: kernel hooks, process injection, I/O filtering, I/O control, memory management, process synchronization, TDI communication, network filtering, email filtering, key logging, process hiding, device driver hiding, registry key hiding, directory hiding and more
- Complete coverage of the compilers, kits, utilities, and tools required to develop robust rootkits
- Techniques for protecting your system by detecting a rootkit before it's installed
- Ways to create modular, commercial grade software
Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who is involved in software development or computer security.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.