Rootkits and Bootkitswill teach you how to understand andcounter sophisticated, advanced threats buried deep in a machine’s bootprocess or UEFI firmware.With the aid of numerous case studies and professional research fromthree of the world’s leading security experts, you’ll trace malwaredevelopment over time from rootkits like TDL3 to present-day UEFIimplants and examine how they infect a system, persist through reboot,and evade security software. As you inspect and dissect real malware,you’ll learn:How Windows boots—including 32-bit, 64-bit, and UEFI mode—and where to find vulnerabilitiesThe details of boot process security mechanisms like SecureBoot, including an overview of Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) and DeviceGuardReverse engineering and forensic techniques for analyzing realmalware, including bootkits like Rovnix/Carberp, Gapz, TDL4, and theinfamous rootkits TDL3 and FestiHow to perform static and dynamic analysis using emulation and tools like Bochs and IDA ProHow to better understand the delivery stage of threats against BIOS and UEFI firmware in order to create detection capabilitiesHow to use virtualization tools like VMware Workstation toreverse engineer bootkits and the Intel Chipsec tool to dig intoforensic analysisCybercrime syndicates and malicious actors will continue towrite ever more persistent and covert attacks, but the game is notlost. Explore the cutting edge of malware analysis withRootkits and Bootkits.Covers boot processes for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.