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Linux.Nasty: Assembly x64 ELF virus

By Guilherme Thomazi

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This code was originally published in the first issue of tmp.0ut zine - an ELF Research Group founded by me and a super talented group of friends in early 2021. This project was finished literally minutes before the deadline we set. Living on the edge!

In general, it took me around a couple of months to complete it, most of the time was dedicated to its core infection routine since the auxiliary sections are common file I/O operations that I’m already familiar with. It was somewhat more challenging than Linux.Midrashim as the technique used here is not as trivial to implement and I want to thank everyone that he…

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