Windows Registry

MSC.BAT was used to initialize the persistent installation of the other two binaries, NTLHAFD.GCP and NTSVCHOST.EXE, and cleanup the installation. A Windows registry Autorun key was set to provide persistence. NTLHAFD.GCP was the backdoor and was encrypted with RC4 stream cipher and compressed using the Zlib library (GReAT, 2013a). Before executing the decryption and memory load routines, the loader, NTSVCHOST.EXE, first attempted to connect to legitimate Microsoft domains (update.microsoft.com

Backing up your registry files can be extremely important when dealing with modifications to your registry. Why would someone want to tamper with these files if by doing so can mess up your precious computer, well it 's the same as people who shorten computer part 's lifespan by overclocking, to gain better and faster performance. By backing up or saving these registry files before modifying the registries content you insure all the changes to your system can be reversed in case your computer doesn

Week 6 Lab Write up – Registry Examination This week’s lab builds upon the previous EnCase examination concepts to introduce students to Windows Registry values that can help identify key information within an investigation. To elucidate this, the lab calls for an examination of registry entries within Jane’s (Blacksuit Computing) collected evidence image. Within this image, students are asked to locate key evidence including, the system’s local time zone at acquisition, the location and nature

lab * Prepare a forensics workstation specifically for this case * Make two images of hard drive using two different tools * Examine drives for evidence by running keyword searches and checking URL’s for Internet searches. * Search registry for keywords * Identify specialty applications * Organize and consolidate in file and folders all recovered data

Abstract This paper will go over the malware known as PoSeidon, malicious code that is meant to steal both credit and debit card information by infecting point-of-sale (PoS) machines in various stores. This paper will also go over how the attack was performed and how the code affected the target devices. We will also take a look at possible ways that this kind of attack could have been prevented. Background PoSeidon is malware that is aimed at exploiting PoS machines to illegally obtain customers’

The Registry Room also had american flags in it these flags were lower and I could see all the details while waiting for officials. I could see the thirteen stripes and the fifty stars on it. Then I heard officials call Mason’s name. Then Tanner’s. About twenty

Introduction The code described is characterized as “I Love you virus” or “Love Letter Virus” it was a computer worm first spotted in Asia, was then caught circulating and contaminating in millions of computer worldwide. (Knight, 2000) Creator and his background Suspect behind Love Letter virus code was Onel A.de Guzman’s (age 23), since a similar thesis was rejected for his graduation course at AMA Computer University in Makati, Philippines, it was made to steal password from the internet, he and

Structure and Use of Windows Server 2008 Registry Write a summary outlining the structure and use of the Windows Server 2008 Registry The concept of the Registry began within the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system, where the text-based .ini files were used for defining the parameters of the Autoexec.bat and config.sys files. MS-DOS and later Microsoft Windows relied on .ini files for defining a taxonomy of values or characteristics that defined the attributes of a system, the relative role of

systems that is housed on the JINX server, the RAS, user workstations, VPN and modem devices, the switches, firewall, and router. The SHGTS information system. The SHGTS is a database that is housed on the Windows application JINX server. The SGTS is a Microsoft Access database that runs on the Windows JINX server. It is used to track delivery of grant funds, grant users input their grant evaluations in the database, and weekly status reports are generated for an executive officer. This system should

value of the registry entry “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost” to construct the list of the services need to be loaded. Thus more than one “svchost.exe” thread will run at the same time. The screen shot of the registry entry that the Trojan queries is as following: picture 1 query the value of the registry entry As you can see in the Ollydebug handle window, the handle value corresponding to hKey that equals to 130 is “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost”