Two prominent Web sites that specialize in remote access software known as “rootkits” have been taken offline by a large distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. The take-down was allegedly ...

A new Linux rootkit malware named ‘Syslogk’ is being used in attacks to hide malicious processes, using specially crafted "magic packets" to awaken a backdoor laying dormant on the device. The malware ...

The detectors themselves typically work by comparing different views of the system and seeing where there's a mismatch. One of the original ways to perform this kind of detection was to dump a ...

As software development focuses on continuous integration and deployment, orchestration platforms like Kubernetes have taken off, but that popularity has put them in attackers' crosshairs. Most ...

The good news is that neither rootkit has shown up in the wild. And Dai Zovi says such a hack is not imminent. The bad news: Dai Zovi says these hacks haven’t been unleashed on unsuspecting enterprise ...

Listen to the Computerworld TechCast: Rootkits. If an illegal hacker wants to do something to your system, such as plant a virus, a Trojan horse program or spyware, he has to gain access to the system ...

Why it matters: "BlackLotus" is being offered on underground forums as an all-powerful firmware rootkit, capable of surviving any removal effort and bypassing the most advanced Windows protections. If ...

Rootkits are a particularly hazardous threat. Unlike typical viruses, they are engineered to be invisible to the user. Such malicious apps often give attackers complete control of the gadget. For ...

Malware exists in different flavors. Most of the time, malware consists of malicious files stored in computers operating systems, just like any other file, and running as software with or without high ...