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Memory analysis

How trustworthy is hardware-based memory acquisition?

We know that a memory image obtained through a software-based method must be taken with a grain of salt. Rootkits like Shadow Walker could interfer with memory management, thus shaping a forensic examiner's view of memory. But hardware-based acquisition methods can be trusted, can't they? "No" says Joanna Rutkowska in a blog post.

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Memory analysis

_ETHREAD version 6.0.6000.16386

This article provides a listing of the _ETHREAD structure of Microsoft Windows Vista RTM (Release To Manufacturing). All data has been produced with the help of the free Microsoft kernel debugger and ntoskrnl.exe version 6.0.6000.16386.

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Memory analysis

_EPROCESS version 6.0.6000.16386

This article provides a listing of the _EPROCESS structure of Microsoft Windows Vista RTM (Release To Manufacturing). All data has been produced with the help of the free Microsoft kernel debugger and ntoskrnl.exe version 6.0.6000.16386.

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