Hacking Exposed Malware & Rootkits: Security Secrets and Solutions, Second Edition

The latest exclusive Hacking Exposed strategies for defending against the world’s number one attack type: malware

Fully updated to cover the most current tools, techniques, and exploits, Hacking Exposed Malware & Rootkits, Second Edition walks you through the process of defending against the consistent onslaught of malware and rootkit assaults using failsafe methods. The second edition includes all-new real-world case studies and cutting-edge examples to reveal how hackers use readily available tools to infiltrate and hijack networks. The book takes a step-by-step approach to explaining countermeasures to provide the best training in the detection and elimination of malicious, embedded code. The latest intrusion detection, baits, antivirus, anti-rootkit, and anti-spyware technologies are all covered in detail.

• Counter today’s most virulent network attack types
• Find out how malware infects, survives, and propagates across an enterprise
• Detect, kill, and remove virtual, user-mode, and kernel-mode rootkits
• Learn how hackers use archivers, encryptors, and packers to obfuscate code
• Defend against keylogging, redirect, click fraud, and identity theft threats

TABLE OF CONTENTSPart I: MALWARECase Study1. Method of Infection2. Malware FunctionalityPart II: ROOTKITSCase Study3. User-Mode Rootkits4. Kernel-Mode Rootkits5. Virtual Rootkits6. Future RootkitsPart III: PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIESCase Study 7. Antivirus8. Host Protection Systems9. Host-Based Intrusion Prevention10. Rootkit Detection 11. General Security PracticesAppendicesA: System Integrity Analysis