Christopher C. Elisan, a seasoned reverse engineer and malware researcher, is the principal malware scientist at RSA NetWitness. He frequently contributes expert opinion about malware, botnets, and advance persistent threats for leading publications, including USA Today, InformationWeek, and Dark Reading.

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Arm yourself for the escalating war against malware and rootkits

Thwart debilitating cyber-attacks and dramatically improve your organization's security posture using the proven defense strategies in this thoroughly updated guide. Hacking Exposed(TM) Malware and Rootkits: Security Secrets & Solutions, Second Edition fully explains the hacker's latest methods alongside ready-to-deploy countermeasures. Discover how to block pop-up and phishing exploits, terminate embedded code, and identify and eliminate rootkits. You will get up-to-date coverage of intrusion detection, firewall, honeynet, antivirus, and anti-rootkit technology.

. Learn how malware infects, survives, and propagates across an enterprise . See how hackers develop malicious code and target vulnerable systems . Detect, neutralize, and remove user-mode and kernel-mode rootkits . Use hypervisors and honeypots to uncover and kill virtual rootkits . Defend against keylogging, redirect, click fraud, and identity theft . Block spear phishing, client-side, and embedded-code exploits . Effectively deploy the latest antivirus, pop-up blocker, and firewall software . Identify and stop malicious processes using IPS solutions

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Fully updated to cover the most current tools, techniques, and exploits, this new edition presents the latest Hacking Exposed strategies for defending against the world's number one attack type: malware

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Part 1: Malware
Chapter 1: Malware Propagation
Chapter 2: Malware Functionality
Part 2: Rootkits
Chapter 3: User-Mode Rootkits
Chapter 4: Kernel-Mode Rootkits
Chapter 5: Virtual Rootkits
Chapter 6: The Future of Rootkits
Part 3: Prevention Technologies
Chapter 7: Antivirus
Chapter 8: Host Protection Systems
Chapter 9: Host Based Intrusion Prevention
Chapter 10: Rootkit Detection
Chapter 11: General Security Practices
Part 4: Appendix
Appendix A: System Integrity Analysis: Building Your Own Rootkit Detector