Rootkits
Investigating Linux Process File Descriptors for Incident Response and Forensics
Let’s talk about Linux file descriptors and how to investigate a malicious process using them. What Is a File Descriptor? Since the inception of Unix (on which Linux is based), everything is a file.…
Linux Stealth Rootkit Process Decloaking Tool – sandfly-processdecloak
We have released a new tool called sandfly-processdecloak to help find and decloak Linux stealth rootkits automatically. This tool was released as a response to the disclosure by the FBI and NSA of a…
Detecting Linux memfd_create() Fileless Malware with Command Line Forensics
A developing threat to Linux over the last several years has been the idea of fileless malware. Fileless Linux malware is difficult to detect. It's designed to inject itself into a running Linux…
Detecting Linux Kernel Process Masquerading with Command Line Forensics
Linux kernel process masquerading is sometimes used by malware to hide when it is running. Let’s go over how you can unmask a piece of Linux malware using this tactic. What is Linux Kernel Process…
How To Decloak Stealth Linux Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Increasingly on Linux we are seeing malware deploying anti-detection and evasion tactics. In this post we’re going to go over a recent piece of malware that used a commonly available tool for hiding…
Sandfly Filescan Open Source File Entropy Scanner for Linux
We’re releasing an open source tool today called sandfly-filescan . Sandfly-filescan allows Linux admins and incident responders to quickly scan for compressed or encrypted executable files often…