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When Anti-Virus Engines Look Like Kernel Rootkits

by Volatility | May 27, 2020 | code injection, kernel, malware, rootkits, volatility, volshell

While analyzing real-world systems, memory analysts will often encounter anti-virus (AV) engines, EDRs, and similar products that, at first glance, look suspiciously like malware. This occurs because these security products leverage the same techniques commonly...

PlugX: Memory Forensics Lifecycle with Volatility

by Volatility | Nov 6, 2015 | anti-forensics, code injection, contest, impscan, malfind, osdfcon, plugx, rootkits, volatility

At OSDFCon last week, we discussed a case study showing how we identified manipulated memory artifacts in an infected environment. We were then able to rapidly introduce new capabilities to Volatility that could be used proactively in other environments. The...

Announcing the 2014 Volatility Plugin Contest Results!

by Volatility | Oct 29, 2014 | contest, forensics, macosx, malware, rootkits, training, volatility, volatility foundation, windows

The competition this year was fierce! We received a total of nearly 30 plugins to the contest. Ranking the submissions was one of the hardest things we’ve had to do. Each plugin is unique in its own way and introduces a capability to open source memory forensics that...

Volatility 2.4 at Blackhat Arsenal – Reverse Engineering Rootkits

by Volatility | Aug 27, 2014 | arsenal, blackhat, kernel, rootkits, volatility

This video demonstrates how you can leverage Volatility and memory forensics to detect kernel rootkits, assist with reverse engineering, and use the results for developing additional indicators. The video is narrated by Apple’s text to speech and you can find...

ADD: The Next Big Threat To Memory Forensics….Or Not

by Volatility | Feb 3, 2014 | anti-forensics, kernel, malware, rootkits, volatility

Similar to a rootkit, an anti-forensics tool or technique must possess two critical traits in order to be significant: 1. It must do something 2. It must get away with it Satisfying #1 is the easy part. You can hide a process, hide a kernel module, or in the case of...

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