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Daily Linux Forensics Trivia #11 - Yesterday's question asked how to spot processes running from deleted executables during live analysis. How would you recover the deleted executable?

Sep 16, 2022 · 11:30 AM UTC

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Trivia Answer #11 - @MalwareJake checked in with the correct answer: “cat /proc/<pid>/exe > /path/to/newfile”. The “cp” command works too. Try to write the recovered file someplace that won’t mess up your evidence.
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Replying to @hal_pomeranz
cat /proc/{pid}/exe > malware
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