Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas 2006 [audio] Presentations From The Security Conference

"In the past couple years there have been major advances in the field of rootkit technology, from Jamie Butler and Sherri Sparks' Shadow Walker, to FU. Rootkit technology is growing at an exponential rate and is becoming an everyday problem. Spyware and BotNets for example are using rootkits to hide their presence. During the same time, there have been few public advances in the rootkit detection field since the conception of VICE. The detection that is out there only meets half the need because each tool is designed to detect a very specific threat. After three years, it’s time for another run at rootkit detection. This presentation will review the state-of-the-industry in rootkit detection, which includes previously known ways to detect rootkits and hooks. It will be shown how the current detection is inadequate for today’s threat, as many detection algorithms are being bypassed. The talk will outline what those threats are and how they work. The presentation will then introduce the RAIDE (Rootkit Analys