Using procdump on Linux to dump credentials

Procdump is a tool that creates core dumps (snapshots of a program's memory) and can be installed on Linux systems, though it receives less attention from security professionals there than on Windows. An attacker with access to a Linux system can use procdump to dump the memory of running processes and search through them for sensitive information like passwords and credentials, as demonstrated in a scenario where an attacker extracts a password from a user's text editor process.