The Year of Dump Analysis in Retrospection
The Year of Dump Analysis, 0×7DA, was another remarkable year for DumpAnalysis.org. Here is the list of major achievements to report:
- Proposed software narratological framework
- Extended the concept of multithreading with adjoint threading
- After recognizing victimware as a counterpart to crimeware established Victimware.org (currently points to Memory Dump, Software Trace, Debugging and Malware Analysis Portal)
- Established the Dublin School of Security
- Proposed using category theory for memory dump analysis as an alternative to set-theoretical frameworks
- Secured the first Memory Dump Analysis Audit Service and its subsidiary Tool Objects: Unified Troubleshooting and Debugging to become portal sponsors
- Completely redesigned Debugging Experts Magazine Online
- Contributed to two issues of Debugged! MZ/PE magazine: Multithreading and Tools for Software Problem Solving
- Published the 4th volume of Memory Dump Analysis Anthology with color supplement
- Prepared material for the 5th volume of Memory Dump Analysis Anthology (to be published in January, 2011)
- Organized the first Debugging Jokes Competition and the first Tell Your Windows Debugging Story Competition
- Established the Metaphysical Society of Ireland to promote memory dump worldview
- Helped to deliver Fundamentals of Complete Crash and Hang Memory Dump Analysis webinar
- Established the Museum of Debugging and Memory Dumps (the 1st exhibition opens in 2011)
- Introduced Unified Debugging patterns, Workaround patterns and Structural Memory Analysis patterns
- Proposed and organized the first Memory Analysts and Debuggers Day (to be celebrated annually)
- Continued working on CARE research project and published its reference architecture
- Unified memory dump and software trace analysis patterns as software behavior patterns
- Memory Dump Analysis Anthology got international recognition when Korean translation of 1st volume was published
… and much more including many new memory dump and software trace analysis patterns, pattern icons, pattern models, and pattern-driven analysis case studies.
- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -