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Learning Linux Binary Analysis

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Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782167105

Length 282 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Data Analysis

Author (1):

"elfmaster" O'Neill

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Learning Linux Binary Analysis

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. The Linux Environment and Its Tools FREE CHAPTER

2. The ELF Binary Format

3. Linux Process Tracing

4. ELF Virus Technology – Linux/Unix Viruses

5. Linux Binary Protection

6. ELF Binary Forensics in Linux

7. Process Memory Forensics

8. ECFS – Extended Core File Snapshot Technology

9. Linux /proc/kcore Analysis

Index

Summary

In this chapter, you learned the fundamentals of ELF binary analysis. You examined the procedures involved in identifying various types of virus infection, function hijacking, and binary protection. This chapter will serve you well in the beginner to intermediate phases of ELF binary analysis: what to look for and how to identify it. In the following chapters, you will cover similar concepts, such as analyzing process memory for identifying anomalies such as backdoors and memory-resident viruses.

For those interested in knowing how the methods described in this chapter could be used in the development of an anti-virus or detection software, there do exist some tools I have designed that use similar heuristics to those described in this chapter for detecting ELF infections. One of these tools is called AVU and was mentioned with a download link in Chapter 4, ELF Virus Technology – Linux/Unix Viruses. Another one is named Arcana and is still private. I have not personally seen any...

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Authors (1)

"elfmaster" O'Neill

"elfmaster" O'Neill

Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill is a computer security researcher and software engineer with a background in reverse engineering, software exploitation, security defense, and forensics technologies. He grew up in the computer hacker subculture, the world of EFnet, BBS systems, and remote buffer overflows on systems with an executable stack. He was introduced to system security, exploitation, and virus writing at a young age. His great passion for computer hacking has evolved into a love for software development and professional security research. Ryan has spoken at various computer security conferences, including DEFCON and RuxCon, and also conducts a 2-day ELF binary hacking workshop. He has an extremely fulfilling career and has worked at great companies such as Pikewerks, Leviathan Security Group, and more recently Backtrace as a software engineer. Ryan has not published any other books, but he is well known for some of his papers published in online journals such as Phrack and VXHeaven. Many of his other publications can be found on his website at http://www.bitlackeys.org.

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