Extended Windows Memory Dump Analysis
Extended Windows Memory Dump Analysis
Using and Writing WinDbg Extensions, Database and Event Stream Processing, Data Science and Visualization, Machine Learning and AI, Second Edition
About the Book
The book contains the full Software Diagnostics Services training transcript with 25 hands-on exercises. This training course extends pattern-oriented analysis introduced in Accelerated Windows Memory Dump Analysis, Accelerated .NET Core Memory Dump Analysis, and Advanced Windows Memory Dump Analysis with Data Structures courses with:
- Surveying the current landscape of WinDbg extensions with analysis pattern mappings
- Writing WinDbg extensions in C, C++, and Rust (new)
- Connecting WinDbg to NoSQL databases
- Connecting WinDbg to streaming and log processing platforms
- Querying and visualizing WinDbg output data
- Using Data Science, Machine Learning, and Gen AI for diagnostics and postmortem debugging (new)
The new edition of the training updates existing and includes new exercises.
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of WinDbg. Working knowledge of C, C++, or Rust is optional (required only for some exercises). Other concepts are explained when necessary.
Audience: Software developers, software maintenance engineers, escalation engineers, quality assurance engineers, security and vulnerability researchers, malware and memory forensics analysts who want to build memory analysis pipelines.
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Table of Contents
About the Author 5
Introduction 7
Practice Exercises 17
Exercise E0: Download, set up, and verify your WinDbg or Debugging Tools for Windows installation or Docker Debugging Tools for Windows image 21
Exercise ES1: Explore Patterns WinDbg Extension 35
Exercise ES2: Explore MEX WinDbg Extension 41
Exercise ES3: Explore DbgKit WinDbg Extension 63
Exercise ES4: Explore win32kext WinDbg Extension 105
Exercise ES5: Explore SwishDbgExt WinDbg Extension 112
Exercise ES6: Explore 0cchext WinDbg Extension 132
Exercise ES7: Explore pykd WinDbg Extension 144
Exercise ES8: Explore snapshot WinDbg Extension 175
Exercise ES9: Explore WinDbg Copilot 189
Exercise ES10: Explore ChatDBG WinDbg Extension 206
Exercise EW1: Writing WinDbg Extension (WdbgExts C API) 222
Exercise EW2: Writing WinDbg Extension (DbgEng COM API) 237
Exercise EW3: Writing WinDbg Extension (ExtExtension C++ API) 251
Exercise EW4: Writing WinDbg Extension (Rust) 264
Exercise EP1: Install Kafka Environment 274
Exercise EP2: Connect WinDbg to Kafka 277
Exercise EP3: Configure Kafka Connect to Send WinDbg Output 281
Exercise ED1: Install MongoDB Environment 290
Exercise ED2: Connect WinDbg to MongoDB 297
Exercise EV1: Install Jupyter Notebook Environment 307
Exercise EV2: Execution Residue Visualization 316
Exercise EV3: Find Anomalies in Stack Traces 332
Exercise ML1: Compute Similarity of Stack Traces 340
Exercise ML2: Group Stack Traces into Clusters 344
Exercise ML3: Identify Anomalous Stack Traces 347
Conclusion 355
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