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Published inFeb 2016
Reading LevelIntermediate
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781782167105
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Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill
Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill
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Ryan "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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In this final chapter of this book, we stepped out of userland binaries and took a general look at what types of ELF binaries are used in the kernel, and how to utilize them with GDB and /proc/kcore for memory analysis and forensics purposes. We also explained some of the most common Linux kernel rootkit techniques that are used and what methods can be applied to detect them. This small chapter serves only as a primary resource for understanding the fundamentals, but we just listed some excellent resources so that you can continue to expand your knowledge in this area.

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Published in: Feb 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781782167105

Author (1)

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Ryan "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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