Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 7

Contains revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized selected articles from Software Diagnostics Institute (DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org) and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog, DumpAnalysis.org/blog) about software diagnostics, debugging, crash dump analysis, software trace and log analysis, malware analysis and memory forensics written in November 2011 – May 2014 for software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows (WinDbg) and Mac OS X (GDB) platforms, quality assurance engineers testing software, technical support and escalation engineers dealing with complex software issues, security researchers, malware analysts, reverse engineers, and memory forensics analysts. The seventh volume features: – 66 new crash dump analysis patterns – 46 new software log and trace analysis patterns – 18 core memory dump analysis patterns for Mac OS X and GDB – 10 malware analysis patterns – Additional unified debugging pattern – Additional user interface problem analysis pattern – Additional pattern classification including memory and log acquisition patterns – Additional .NET memory analysis patterns – Introduction to software problem description patterns – Introduction to software diagnostics patterns – Introduction to general abnormal structure and behavior patterns – Introduction to software disruption patterns – Introduction to static code analysis patterns – Introduction to network trace analysis patterns – Introduction to software diagnostics report schemes – Introduction to elementary software diagnostics patterns – Introduction to patterns of software diagnostics architecture – Introduction to patterns of disassembly, reconstruction and reversing – Introduction to vulnerability analysis patterns – Fully cross-referenced with Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, and Volume 6.

Table of Contents

PART 1: Professional Crash Dump Analysis and Debugging – WinDbg Shortcuts – .ecxr
PART 2: Crash Dump Analysis Patterns – FPU Exception
PART 3: Core Dump Analysis Patterns (Mac OS X) – GDB for WinDbg Users
PART 4: Malware Analysis Patterns – Malware: A Definition
PART 5: A Bit of Science and Philosophy – On Matter
PART 6: Software Trace Analysis Patterns – Software Trace Diagrams (STDiagrams)
PART 7: Fun with Crash Dumps – Debugging Slang – LoL
PART 8: Software Narratology – Software Anti-Narrative
PART 9: Software Diagnostics, Troubleshooting, and Debugging – Unified and Generative Debugging
PART 10: Art and Visualization – 2012 (Pessimistic)
PART 11: Miscellaneous – C and C++ Programming Books That Made a Great Impression on the Author