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A Linux version of the ProcDump Sysinternals tool - ProcDump for Linux

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ProcDump is a Linux reimagining of the classic ProcDump tool from the Sysinternals suite of tools for Windows. ProcDump provides a convenient way for Linux developers to create core dumps of their application based on performance triggers.

Installation & Usage

Requirements

Minimum OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Desktop or Server)
- We are actively testing against other Linux distributions. If you have requests for specific distros, please let us know (or create a pull request with the necessary changes).
gdb (>=7.7.1)

Install ProcDump

Via Package Manager [prefered method]

1. Add the Microsoft Product feed

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg

Register the Microsoft Product feed

Ubuntu 16.04

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-xenial-prod xenial main" > etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list'

Ubuntu 14.04

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-trusty-prod trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list'

2. Install Procdump

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install procdump

Via .deb Package

Pre-Depends: dpkg(>=1.17.5)

1. Download .deb Package

Ubuntu 16.04

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-xenial-prod/pool/main/p/procdump/procdump_1.0_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 14.04

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-trusty-prod/pool/main/p/procdump/procdump_1.0_amd64.deb

2. Install Procdump

sudo dpkg -i procdump_1.0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

Uninstall

Ubuntu 14.04+

sudo apt-get purge procdump

Usage

Usage: procdump [OPTIONS...] TARGET
   OPTIONS
      -C          CPU threshold at which to create a dump of the process from 0 to 200
      -c          CPU threshold below which to create a dump of the process from 0 to 200
      -M          Memory commit threshold in MB at which to create a dump
      -m          Trigger when memory commit drops below specified MB value.
      -n          Number of dumps to write before exiting
      -s          Consecutive seconds before dump is written (default is 10)
   TARGET must be exactly one of these:
      -p          pid of the process

Examples

The following examples all target a process with pid == 1234

The following will create a core dump immediately.

sudo procdump -p 1234

The following will create 3 core dumps 10 seconds apart.

sudo procdump -n 3 -p 1234

The following will create 3 core dumps 5 seconds apart.

sudo procdump -n -s 5 -p 1234

The following will create a core dump each time the process has CPU usage >= 65%, up to 3 times, with at least 10 seconds between each dump.

sudo procdump -C 65 -n 3 -p 1234

The following with create a core dump each time the process has CPU usage >= 65%, up to 3 times, with at least 5 seconds between each dump.

sudo procdump -C 65 -n 3 -s 5 -p 1234

The following will create a core dump when CPU usage is outside the range [10,65].

sudo procdump -c 10 -C 65 -p 1234

The following will create a core dump when CPU usage is >= 65% or memory usage is >= 100 MB.

sudo procdump -C 65 -M 100 -p 1234

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Sysmon v2.0 - System Activity Monitor for Windows

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System Monitor (Sysmon) is a Windows system service and device driver that, once installed on a system, remains resident across system reboots to monitor and log system activity to the Windows event log. It provides detailed information about process creations, network connections, and changes to file creation time. By collecting the events it generates using Windows Event Collection or SIEM agents and subsequently analyzing them, you can identify malicious or anomalous activity and understand how intruders and malware operate on your network.

Note that Sysmon does not provide analysis of the events it generates, nor does it attempt to protect or hide itself from attackers.

Overview of Sysmon Capabilities

Sysmon includes the following capabilities:

Logs process creation with full command line for both current and parent processes.
Records the hash of process image files using SHA1 (the default), MD5, SHA256 or IMPHASH.
Multiple hashes can be used at the same time.
Includes a process GUID in process create events to allow for correlation of events even when Windows reuses process IDs.
Include a session GUID in each events to allow correlation of events on same logon session.
Logs loading of drivers or DLLs with their signatures and hashes.
Optionally logs network connections, including each connection’s source process, IP addresses, port numbers, hostnames and port names.
Detects changes in file creation time to understand when a file was really created. Modification of file create timestamps is a technique commonly used by malware to cover its tracks.
Automatically reload configuration if changed in the registry.
Rule filtering to include or exclude certain events dynamically.
Generates events from early in the boot process to capture activity made by even sophisticated kernel-mode malware.

Usage

Uses Sysmon simple command-line options to install and uninstall it, as well as to check and modify Sysmon’s configuration:

Sysinternals Sysmon v2.00 - System activity monitor

Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Usage:

Install: Sysmon.exe -i

[-h <[sha1|md5|sha256|imphash|*],...>] [-n ()]

[-l ()]

Configure: Sysmon.exe -c

[--|[-h <[sha1|md5|sha256|imphash|*],...>] [-n ()]

[-l ()]]

Uninstall: Sysmon.exe -u

-c	Update configuration of an installed Sysmon driver or dump the current configuration if no other argument is provided. Optionally take a configuration file.
-h	Specify the hash algorithms used for image identification (default is SHA1). It supports multiple algorithms at the same time. Configuration entry: Hashing.
-i	Install service and driver. Optionally take a configuration file.
-l	Log loading of modules. Optionally take a list of processes to track. Configuration entry: ImageLoading.
-m	Install the event manifest (done on service install as well).
-n	Log network connections. Optionally take a list of processes to track. Configuration entry: Network.
-u	Uninstall service and driver.

The service logs events immediately and the driver installs as a boot-start driver to capture activity from early in the boot that the service will write to the event log when it starts.

On Vista and higher, events are stored in "Applications and Services Logs/Microsoft/Windows/Sysmon/Operational". On older systems, events written to the System event log.

If you need more information on configuration files, use the '-? config' command. More examples are available on the Sysinternals website.

Specify -accepteula to automatically accept the EULA on installation, otherwise you will be interactively prompted to accept it.

Neither install nor uninstall requires a reboot.

Examples

Install with default settings (process images hashed with sha1 and no network monitoring)

sysmon -accepteula –i

Install with md5 and sha256 hashing of process created and monitoring network connections

sysmon -accepteula –i –h md5,sha256 –n

Install Sysmon with a configuration file (as described below)

sysmon –accepteula –i c:\windows\config.xml

Uninstall

sysmon –u

Dump the current configuration

sysmon –c

Change the configuration to use all hashes, no network monitoring and monitoring of DLLs in Lsass

sysmon –c –h * –l lsass.exe

Change the configuration of sysmon with a configuration file (as described below)

sysmon –c c:\windows\config.xml

Change the configuration to default settings

sysmon –c --

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