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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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7BOOTKIT INFECTION TECHNIQUES

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Having explored the Windows boot process, let’s now discuss bootkit infection techniques that target modules involved in system startup. These techniques are split into two groups according to the boot components they target: MBR infection techniques and VBR/Initial Program Loader (IPL) infection techniques. We’ll look at the TDL4 bootkit to demonstrate MBR infection, and then at the Rovnix and Gapz bootkits to demonstrate two different VBR infection techniques.

MBR Infection Techniques

Approaches based on MBR modifications are the most common infection techniques used by bootkits to attack the Windows boot process. ...

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ISBN: 9781492071259