rootkit
RSS rootkitHow Online Criminals Make Themselves Tough to Find, Near Impossible to Nab
White Paper It learned that when played the song, a rootkit hidden inside the song installed itself on her computer. That rootkit allowed the hacker who'd planted it to establish a secure tunnel so he could work... [13 Nov 2009]
A Chipset Level Network Backdoor: Bypassing Host-Based Firewall & IDS
White Paper This paper presents a proof of concept chipset level rootkit/network backdoor. Chipsets refer to a set of specialized chips on a computer's motherboard or an expansion card. It interacts directly with network interface... [12 Nov 2009]
Stopping Rootkits at the Network Edge
White Paper A rootkit is a special software program that hides on a PC without the user's knowledge or permission. Keeping remote users' laptops healthy is not an easy task these days. Infections are everywhere, and once these PCs... [12 Nov 2009]
The End of Antivirus as You Know It: A First Look at VIPRE Enterprise
White Paper It provides a first look at VIPRE Enterprise, a new solution that combines antivirus, antispyware, anti-rootkit, and other technologies into a seamless, tightly integrated product. This paper describes the rapidly... [30 Jun 2009]
AVG: Protecting Your Computer From Tomorrow's Threats Today
White Paper It also says that AVG internet security now provides unparalleled protection against the complete range of threats such as anti-virus and anti-spyware, heuristics, anti-rootkit, anti-spam, firewall, etc. [30 Jun 2009]
A Hypervisor IPS Based on Hardware Assisted Virtualization Technology
White Paper Current malware uses many stealth techniques, such as dynamic code injection, rootkit technology and much more. Recently malware has become stealthier and thus harder to detect than ever before. Moreover, it has seen... [30 Jun 2009]
Rootkits: An Emerging Threat You Can't Afford to Ignore - How Trend Micro Can Protect Your Small/Mid-Size Business
White Paper The ultimate goal of any rootkit-writer is to create a kernel mode rootkit, since these have the best access to the system. Trend Micro anti-rootkit technology defeats rootkits by... [20 Jun 2009]
The Root of All Evil? - Rootkits Revealed
White Paper Public awareness of rootkits has risen in recent years, but as with worms, viruses and other forms of malicious software (malware), the term rootkit is applied unselectively to a range of technologies and has attracted a... [20 Jun 2009]
SMM Rootkits: A New Breed of OS Independent Malware
White Paper This paper draws attention to a different but related threat that exists on many commodity systems in operation today: The System Management Mode Based Rootkit (SMBR). The emergence of hardware virtualization technology... [20 Jun 2009]
Boosting Performance and Security With HP Small Form Factor Business Desktop PCs
White Paper Nor can they afford to be using software that's out of date, or compromised by rootkit attacks. In securities trading, lost minutes can cost thousands of dollars. So when traders at Thomas Weisel Partners need data to... [30 May 2009]
Your Computer Is Now Stoned (...Again!): The Rise of MBR Rootkits
White Paper The MBR rootkit, a.k.a. The Mebroot rootkit uses techniques never before seen in modern threats and so it can be considered the next generation of stealth rootkit and kernel infector,... [29 May 2009]
Conficker wakes up with payload for the infected
News Researchers for Trend Micro said that the software appeared to be a .sys component hiding behind a rootkit, which is software that is designed to hide the fact that a computer has been compromised. The Conficker worm... [09 Apr 2009]
Rootkits: What They Are and How to Fight Them
White Paper This IT Briefing gives computer users a clear explanation of what a rootkit is, separates the facts from the myths about rootkits, and provides recommendations on how users can defend against rootkit... [18 Mar 2009]
Rootkit: Attacker Undercover Tools
White Paper This paper briefly takes a look on rootkit, the famous tools used as undercover tool for hackers or intruders. Today, hacker, attacker and intruder are common problem in security threat. Lots of vulnerability discover... [16 Mar 2009]
UNIX and Linux Based Rootkits Techniques and Countermeasures
White Paper A rootkit enables an attacker to stay unnoticed on a compromised system and to use it for his purposes. This paper reviews techniques currently used by attackers on UNIX and Linux systems with a focus on kernel rootkits. [01 Oct 2008]
