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Pillars of Rootkit Analytics:

Anushree Reddy

Anushree is a software engineer with a passion in secure coding. She has been a software developer for quite some time and she works for the fortune 500. She holds Master of Science in Computer Science majoring in Information Security from the George Washington University.

Anushree is the chief architect and web developer for www.RootkitAnalytics.com.

Nagareshwar Talekar

Nagareshwar is a computer security professional with a passion for Security Research, Reverse Engineering and developing Security tools. He holds Bachelor of Engineering [BE] degree in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology [NIT] of Karnataka, India. He runs www.SecurityXploded.com, where he shares his knowledge and skills with the community. His complete profile is available at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/nagareshwar/talekar.

Nagareshwar is the Windows userland and kernelland rootkit specialist for www.RootkitAnalytics.com. He is the creator of SpyDLLRemover tool.

Ryan O'Neill

Ryan is a security researcher, who has been researching rootkits, AV technology, and other facets of security for the past decade. He runs a small security research site www.bitlackeys.com, where he publishes his research work, including his first kernel rootkit analysis tool "ktraq".

David Reguera García: (aka Dreg)

Dreg is a security researcher specialized in system internals and he is actively involved in the research of rootkit technologies. He has published numerous research articles on prominent websites such as Rootkit.com, OpenRCE.com.

Dreg is the Windows userland specialist for www.RootkitAnalytics.com. He has developed and released DWTF (DLL Watcher & Template Framework)

Blogs

Testimonials: Rootkit Analytics Tools
Nagareshwar Talekar
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:19:04 +0000

Rootkit Analytics has come up with a “Testimonials” section. This can be seen in our web portal, www.RootkitAnalytics.com: [Click on the above image to enlarge view] We welcome all our users to submit testimonials, as this would increase your visibility in our community and we provide Extended FREE Support* to these users. Enterprise Users: If you are using our [...]


HiddenADSExplorer – Update from Research Center
Nagareshwar Talekar
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:29:23 +0000

As our next tool, HiddenADSExplorer is moving towards the final beta stage, we bring you the latest update straight from our research center. HiddenADSExplorer is the first ever tool to not only scan for hidden streams but to explore, analyze and quickly detect hidden malicious content within the streams using the advanced analysis technique.  It is [...]


Ridgewood Cable & Rootkit Analytics – Extends Support
Nagareshwar Talekar
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:16:54 +0000

Hello Folks, Thank you for helping us by reading our stuff & using our tools. We are proud to say that we are extending our support to our first ISP Customer – Ridgewood Cable. Thanks to Joshua A. Coody for making this happen. We provide free support: to upgrade our tools to what you would like, if it [...]


Openings for Rootkit Analysts
Nagareshwar Talekar
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:34:09 +0000

Rootkit Analytics is seeking for Rootkit Analysts [volunteering] with varying skill-sets and at different levels to join our team.  As a Rootkit Analyst, you will be involved with: Detection, analysis and documentation of rootkits. What would a Rootkit Analyst do? A rootkit analyst would work on collection, research and analysis of rootkit samples. The analyst would be categorizing [...]


New SpyDLLRemover to Remove DLL from System Process
Nagareshwar Talekar
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:28:20 +0000

The newer version of SpyDLLRemover v3.2 now support removal malicious DLL from system processes on Vista/Win7 platforms. Starting with Vista, Windows has introduced the session separation feature which prevents processes in one session interacting with process in another session. Normally all system processes including services live in session 0. All user session starts with session 1. [...]


SpyDLLRemover & Misconceptions
Nagareshwar Talekar
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:03:06 +0000

No software is perfect in this world and so is the SpyDllRemover. I am writing this post here to clear some of the misconceptions about SpyDllRemover. Many times people complain that SpyDllRemover is showing false positive or listing the legitimate DLL as malicious. SpyDLLRemover uses heuristic approach for deducing the type of threats unlike other anti-virus/anti-spy [...]


SpyDLLRemover on Facebook
Nagareshwar Talekar
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:30:38 +0000

SpyDLLRemover was published on Facebook’s ‘Tips, Trick & Tutorial’ section. This is Facebook’s additional section where it lists top tools on the web which make our day to day life easier. Its the proud moment for all of us at RootkitAnalytics to see the SpyDLLRemover being listed at Facebook. .


Coming Soon – HiddenADSExplorer
Nagareshwar Talekar
Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:33:10 +0000

HiddenADSExplorer, another smart tool from the RootkitAnalytics will be hitting the market in early next month.  This is the GUI based application to detect and destroy hidden malicious alternate data streams (in short ADS) from the system.  Rootkits often hide their traces in the covers of ADS as they are lesser known and no sophisticated [...]


DWTF – DLL Watcher & Template Framework
Nagareshwar Talekar
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:33:40 +0000

DWTF (DLL Watcher & Template Framework) is the simple engine designed by Dreg to create duplicate or fake DLL from the original DLL. It creates separate export section in the new fake DLL with each entry pointing to export section of original DLL. In short this new fake DLL acts like interceptor and can be useful [...]


Blogs are now listed on the main page!
evilfingers
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:00:28 +0000

We are doing our best to keep you posted with up-to-date stuff on Rootkit Analytics world. For your convenience, the top 10 blogs are also listed on the main site: www.RootkitAnalytics.com. Soon, we would have posts on whats going on in the external world related to the science of rootkit analysis, comparison of rootkit analysis tools, [...]

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Rootkits & Enterprise: Enterprise is a major victim to rootkits. What could rootkits do to them?[read more]

Rootkits & Home-users: Do home-users know the seriousness of rootkits? What should a home-user know about rootkits?[read more]

Rootkits & Information Warfare: What does the silent war of intelligence and national security, got to do with rootkit analysis?[read more]

Userland Rootkits: What should one know about userland rootkits?[read more]

Spy DLL Remover: Were you looking for a tool to detect userland rootkits in your Windows box?[read more]

Kernelland Rootkits: What should one know about kernelland rootkits?[read more]

ElfStat: ElfStat is a tool designed for detecting any kernel malware that modifies the text segment of the kernel in memory...[read more]

Syscall/Kernel function interception: This is a more stealth method of syscall hijacking without having to directly modify the syscall table; instead the first several bytes of the syscall are overwritten with a jump to the new code...[read more]

Syscall Interception: What should you know about Syscall interception by directly modifying the Syscall table?[read more]

KsiD [Kernel Symbol Interception Detection]: This tool is designed to detect kernel rootkits and kernel malware which hijack syscalls and kernel functions ...[read more]

IDT /dev/kmem rootkit method: This can be done using several methods including overwriting the first several bytes of the syscall with a jump to other code, or modifying the function pointers.[read more]

Hidden Process Detection: Hidden Process Detection [HPD] using Direct NT System Call Implemenation, PIDB (Process ID Bruteforce) method, CSRSS Process Handle Enumeration and other methods...[read more]

Hidden Registry Detection: Reason for Hiding the Registry Entries, Rootkit techniques to hide, and Detecting Hidden Registry Entries Using Direct NT System Call Method and Directly Reading Hives Method...[read more]

Hidden Service Detection: Hidden Rootkit Services Detection Methods...Enumerating Processes with 'NtControlPipe', Hook Bypass Method through Mapped Image, Services Enumerating Child Processes of Services.exe, Enumerating Services Registry Key...[read more]

Syscall Handler Checker [SHC]: This tool simply verifies whether or not the system call handler system_call() has been patched to call a phony sys_call_table. If a phony sys_call_table appears to be in use, a tool like elfstat can be used for further analysis...[read more]

Firmware Rootkits: Firmware is a small static code that runs on devices ranging from consumer electronics to anything that controls heavy machinery...[read more]

Hypervisor Rootkits: This comes under both firmware and hardware rootkits. The reason being, hypervisor is a virtual environment that runs on the hardware, but basically it is a firmware. Hence, we have drawn the line and dropped this rootkit in the firmware category of rootkits...[read more]

Publications: In this section, we are planning to list all the papers that we have published so far that are rootkit related.

Backdoor Ultimate Defender: In this paper (Backdoor.Win32.UltimateDefender.gtz - Reversing) we analyze install.exe that presents the typical structure of an Medium Evoluted Malware, with basical Obfuscated-Dummy Code...[read more]

Socialize: You could socialize with us by many ways...[read more]

About: Learn about rootkit analytics here...[read more]

Contact us: How can you reach us...[read more]

Our Team: Read more about the rootkit analytics team...[read more]

dwtf v1.0 dwtf is a DLL copying engine ... [read more]

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