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Windows APT Warfare

You're reading from Windows APT Warfare Identify and prevent Windows APT attacks effectively

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804618110

Length 258 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

MiniGW

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Sheng-Hao Ma

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Modern Windows Compiler

2. Chapter 1: From Source to Binaries – The Journey of a C Program FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Process Memory – File Mapping, PE Parser, tinyLinker, and Hollowing

4. Chapter 3: Dynamic API Calling – Thread, Process, and Environment Information

5. Part 2 – Windows Process Internals

6. Chapter 4: Shellcode Technique – Exported Function Parsing

7. Chapter 5: Application Loader Design

8. Chapter 6: PE Module Relocation

9. Part 3 – Abuse System Design and Red Team Tips

10. Chapter 7: PE to Shellcode – Transforming PE Files into Shellcode

11. Chapter 8: Software Packer Design

12. Chapter 9: Digital Signature – Authenticode Verification

13. Chapter 10: Reversing User Account Control and Bypassing Tricks

14. Index

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Appendix – NTFS, Paths, and Symbols

Win32 and NT path specification

PE to Shellcode – Transforming PE Files into Shellcode

You now have a solid foundation of knowledge on how to design a minimalist application loader. We can move on to how to convert any executable directly into shellcode without having to write the shellcode. In this chapter, we will introduce how to write a lightweight loader in x86 assembly that can be used to convert any EXE file to shellcode.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

Parsing Kernel32’s export table in x86 assembly
Getting API addresses in x86 assembly
File mapping and repairing the import table in x86
Handling relocation in x86
An example of PE to shellcode

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Authors (1)

Sheng-Hao Ma

Sheng-Hao Ma

Sheng-Hao Ma is currently working as a threat researcher at TXOne Networks, specializing in Windows reverse engineering analysis for over 10 years. In addition, he is currently a member of CHROOT, an information security community in Taiwan. He has served as a speaker and instructor for various international conferences and organizations such as Black Hat USA, DEFCON, CODE BLUE, HITB, VXCON, HITCON, ROOTCON, Ministry of National Defense, and Ministry of Education.

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