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 ...

Rootkits are a particularly hazardous threat. Unlike typical viruses, they are engineered to be invisible to the user. Such ...

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 ...

Microsoft has updated a zero-day exploit in its AppLocker application whitelisting software, but not before the North Korean state-backed Lazarus Group was able to leverage the flaw to pull off a ...

Antivirus firms Trend Micro and Sophos have developed new tools to discover rootkit infections but both are attacking the problem from a slightly different angle. Rootkits are powerful programs that ...

Sophos PLC has released a free tool to help PC users root out rootkits. Called Sophos Anti-Rootkit, the software will detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits, and it will also warn system ...

North Korean hackers have exploited a recently patched Google Chrome zero-day (CVE-2024-7971) to deploy the FudModule rootkit after gaining SYSTEM privileges using a Windows Kernel exploit. "We assess ...

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