Windows APT Warfare: Identify and prevent Windows APT attacks effectively
by Sheng-Hao Ma(Author), Ziv Chang (Foreword), Federico Maggi (Foreword)
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Packt Publishing (March 10, 2023)
Language 语言: English
Print Length 页数: 258 pages
ISBN-10: 180461811X
ISBN-13: 9781804618110
Book Description
By finelybook
Learn Windows system design from the PE binary structure to modern and practical attack techniques used by red teams to implement advanced prevention
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Key Features
Understand how malware evades modern security products
Learn to reverse engineer standard PE format program files
Become familiar with modern attack techniques used by multiple red teams
Book Description
By finelybook
An Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is a severe form of cyberattack that lies low in the system for a prolonged time and locates and then exploits sensitive information. Preventing APTs requires a strong foundation of basic security techniques combined with effective security monitoring. This book will help you gain a red team perspective on exploiting system design and master techniques to prevent APT attacks. Once you’ve understood the internal design of operating systems, you’ll be ready to get hands-on with red team attacks and, further, learn how to create and compile C source code into an EXE program file. Throughout this book, you’ll explore the inner workings of how Windows systems run and how attackers abuse this knowledge to bypass antivirus products and protection.
As you advance, you’ll cover practical examples of malware and online game hacking, such as EXE infection, shellcode development, software packers, UAC bypass, path parser vulnerabilities, and digital signature forgery, gaining expertise in keeping your system safe from this kind of malware.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well equipped to implement the red team techniques that you’ve learned on a victim’s computer environment, attempting to bypass security and antivirus products, to test its defense against Windows APT attacks.
What you will learn
Explore various DLL injection techniques for setting API hooks
Understand how to run an arbitrary program file in memory
Become familiar with malware obfuscation techniques to evade antivirus detection
Discover how malware circumvents current security measures and tools
Use Microsoft Authenticode to sign your code to avoid tampering
Explore various strategies to bypass UAC design for privilege escalation
Who this book is for
This book is for cybersecurity professionals- especially for anyone working on Windows security, or malware researchers, network administrators, ethical hackers looking to explore Windows exploit, kernel practice, and reverse engineering. A basic understanding of reverse engineering and C/C++ will be helpful.
Table of Contents
1.From Source to Binaries-The Journey of a C Program
2.Process Memory -FiLe Mapping,PE Parser,tinyLinker,and Hollowing
3.Dynamic API Calling-Thread,Process,and Environment Information
4.Shellcode Technique-Exported Function Parsing
5.Application Loader Design
6.PE Module Relocation
7.PE to Shellcode-Transforming PE Files into Shellcode
8.Software Packer Design
9.Digital Signature-Authenticode Verification
10.Reversing User Account Control and Bypassing Tricks
11.Appendix-NTFS,Paths,and Symbols
