23 March 2010
22 March 2010
There’s been a lot of talk over the years about kernel-level rootkits in linux.
Typically the attacker will gain access to a mis-configured (or neglected) linux box via an exploitable service, gain root access, and then load a tainted kernel module, or replace the existing kernel (noisy, fairly uncommon). This is not an all-inclusive list of course.
The less talked about half-brother of the kernel rootkit world is a <a href=”
My reputation as a die-hard supporter of Ubuntu Linux apparently proceeds me. A number of Ubuntu faithful who have recently upgraded to Lucid Alpha have encountered a nasty problem where, mid-boot, they are greeted with this error message:
mountall: error while loading shared libraries: libplybootclient.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Fear not, my fello
Wow! Our first installment of guest case files from Drew Janssen over at Drive Rescue, Inc. had quite the reception. Thanks to everyone for your comments and your e-mails.
Several of you immediately requested that I give up issue #2 (the latest), so here it is! You can download it here.
Issue #2 deals with an old-school Casanova Con Man using new-school c
Hi everyone,
I know you’re all frothing at the mouth for the final installments of the Tenacious Timelord casefile - however, it’s still not ready. I really do apologize, but I’m up to my ears in work right now.
To hold you over and to further my desire to entertain and educate, I wanted to introduce you to the work of Drew Janssen over at Drive Rescue, Inc. Drew does some impressive forensic investigations and has been documenting them as single-
6 March 2010