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Rootkits and Bootkits
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Rootkits and Bootkits

by Alex Matrosov, Eugene Rodionov, Sergey Bratus
May 2019
Intermediate to advanced
448 pages
12h 21m
English
No Starch Press
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ABBREVIATIONS

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

ACM

Authenticated Code Module

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

AMT

Active Management Technology

APC

asynchronous procedure call

APIC

Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

ARM

Advanced RISC Machine

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

BCD

Boot Configuration Data

BDS

Boot Device Selection

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

BMC

Baseboard Management Controller

BPB

BIOS Parameter Block

BPM

boot policy manifest

BSI

boot sector infector

BSoD

Blue Screen of Death

C&C

command and control

CBC

cipher block chaining

CDO

control device object

CHS

Cylinder Head Sector

CLR

Common Language Runtime

COFF

Common Object File Format

COM

Component Object ...

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ISBN: 9781492071259