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IsDebugged Flag Anti-Debugging
While a process is running, the location of the PEB can be referenced by the location fs:[30h]
. For anti-debugging, malware will use that location to check the BeingDebugged
flag, which indicates whether the specified process is being debugged.
Performing Code Checksum Anti-Debugging
Adversaries may use code checksumming to detect if their code has been modified or tampered with. This technique involves calculating a checksum or hash of the code, storing it, and then periodically checking the current checksum against the stored one. If the checksums do not match, it indicates that the code has been modified and the adversary's code can take …
Interrupts Anti-Debugging
Adversaries may use exception-based anti-debugging techniques to detect whether their code is being executed in a debugger. These techniques rely on the fact that most debuggers will trap exceptions and not immediately pass them to the process being debugged for handling.
By triggering an exception and checking whether it is handled properly, the adversary's code can determine whether it …
Guard Pages Anti-Debugging
Memory breakpoints are a technique used by malware to detect if a debugger is present. This technique involves setting up a "guard page" in memory, which is a page of memory that is protected by the operating system and cannot be accessed by normal code. If a debugger is present, the malware can use this guard page to detect its …
Debug Registers, Hardware Breakpoints Anti-Debugging
Registers DR0 through DR3 contain the linear address associated with one of the four hardware breakpoint conditions. For anti-debugging, malware will check the contents of the first four debug registers to see if the hardware breakpoint has been set.
LocalSize(0) Anti-Debugging
The function LocalSize
retrieves the current size of the specified local memory object, in bytes. By setting the hMem
parameters with 0 will trigger an exception in a debugger that can be used as an anti-debugging mechanism.
Themida Packers
Themida is a commercial known packer that embeds several features including anti-debugging, virtual machine emulation, encryption...
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Anti-debugger techniques that detect/fool any kind of debugger
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Anti-memory dumpers techniques for any Ring3 and Ring0 dumpers
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Different encryption algorithms and keys in each protected application
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Anti-API scanners techniques that avoids reconstruction …
AxProtector Packers
AxProtector encrypts the complete software you aim to protect, and shields it with a security shell, AxEngine. Best-of-breed anti-debugging and anti-disassembly methods are then injected into your software.
Change Module Base Address at Runtime Process Manipulating
It is possible to change the DllBase
of a module at runtime. This can trick debugging and analysis tools such as IDA or Cheat Engine into thinking a module's base is actually at another address.
This is achieved by accessing the process PEB's member 'Ldr', in particular it has a member InOrderMemoryLinks
which we can iterate through to get …
INT 0x2D Anti-Debugging
When the instruction INT2D
is executed, the exception EXCEPTION_BREAKPOINT
is raised. Windows uses the EIP register as an exception address and then increments the EIP register value. Windows also examines the value of the EAX register while INT2D
is executed.