The Art of Mac Malware, Volume 2

Detecting Malicious Software

Patrick Wardle (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

376 Seiten

2025
No Starch Press,US (Verlag)
978-1-7185-0378-6 (ISBN)

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Macs have become a popular target of cyber-criminals, and there are few effective defences against these pernicious threats - until now. The second volume of The Art of Mac Malware is the first book to cover state-of-the-art programming techniques and security tools for detecting and countering malicious code running on a macOS system. Author Patrick Wardle, a former NSA hacker and a leading authority on macOS threat analysis, shares real-world examples from his own research to reveal the many strategies used by actual malware specimens to evade detection. As you dive deep into the Mac operating system's internals, you'll learn about: Apple's public and private frameworks and APIs, How to build heuristic-based security tools for the macOS, Using the macOS Endpoint Security framework to develop real-time monitoring software , Objective-See's suite of anti-malware tools, including KnockKnock, BlockBlock, and OverSight. But this book is not just aimed at practitioners - for anyone interested in understanding the current threats facing the Apple ecosystem, it's a must-read.

Patrick Wardle is the founder of Objective-See, a nonprofit dedicated to creating free, open source macOS security tools and organizing the “Objective by the Sea” Apple security conference. Wardle is also the co-founder and CEO of DoubleYou, a cybersecurity startup focused on empowering the builders of Apple-focused security tools. Having worked at both NASA and the National Security Agency and having presented at countless security conferences, he is intimately familiar with aliens, spies, and talking nerdy.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I: Data Collection
Chapter 1. Examining Processes
Chapter 2. Parsing Binaries
Chapter 3. Code Signing
Chapter 4. Network State and Statistics
Chapter 5. Persistence

Part II: System Monitoring
Chapter 6. Log Monitoring
Chapter 7. Network Monitoring
Chapter 8. Endpoint Security
Chapter 9: Muting and Authorization Events

Part III: Tool Creation
Chapter 10: Persistence Enumerator
Chapter 11: Persistence Monitor
Chapter 12: Mic and Webcam Monitor
Chapter 13: DNS Monitor
Chapter 14. Case Studies

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.02.2025
Verlagsort	San Francisco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 236 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge ► Mac / Cocoa Programmierung
ISBN-10	1-7185-0378-4 / 1718503784
ISBN-13	978-1-7185-0378-6 / 9781718503786
Zustand	Neuware