Unhide is a forensic tool to find hidden processes and TCP/UDP ports by rootkits / LKMs or by another hiding technique.
This program is under active development.
Unhide is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Implements 6 main techniques:
- Compare /proc vs /bin/ps output
- Compare info gathered from /bin/ps with info gathered by walking thru the procfs.
- Compare info gathered from /bin/ps with info gathered from syscalls (syscall scanning).
- Full PIDs space ocupation (PIDs bruteforcing).
- Compare /bin/ps output vs /proc, procfs walking and syscall. Reverse search, verify that all thread seen by ps are also seen in the kernel.
- Quick compare /proc, procfs walking and syscall vs /bin/ps output.
Website: github.com/YJesus/Unhide
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Developer: Yago Jesus, Patrick Gouin
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Unhide is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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