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Learning Linux Binary Analysis
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Learning Linux Binary Analysis

by Ryan elfmaster O'Neill
February 2016
Beginner to intermediate
282 pages
6h 52m
English
Packt Publishing
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Process memory infection

There are many rootkits, viruses, backdoors, and other tools out there that can be used to infect a system's userland memory. We will now name and describe a few of these.

Process infection tools

  • Azazel: This is a simple but effective LD_PRELOAD injection userland rootkit for Linux that is based on its predecessor rootkit named Jynx. LD_PRELOAD rootkits will preload a shared object into the program that you want to infect. Typically, such a rootkit will hijack functions such as open, read, write, and so on. These hijacked functions will show up as PLT hooks (modified GOT). For more information, visit https://github.com/chokepoint/azazel.
  • Saruman: This is a relatively new anti-forensics infection technique that allows a user ...
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