Research into how rootkits are used by cybercriminals has revealed that close to half of campaigns are focused on compromising government systems. On Wednesday, Positive Technologies released a report ...

A new Linux rootkit malware called Pumakit has been discovered that uses stealth and advanced privilege escalation techniques to hide its presence on systems. The malware is a multi-component set that ...

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 ...

Can rootkit malware that hides by mimicking a software-based virtual machine ever be detected? That was the topic of debate as security researchers presented their latest findings to packed audiences ...

It's a silent and deadly threat long dreaded by security experts: malware entrenched in the firmware of modern computer chips that can't be expelled by reinstalling the operating system or even wiping ...

Researchers found a Linux malware called QLNX that combines P2P networking, rootkits, PAM backdoors, and fileless execution to persist and evade takedowns. Attackers have found a new way to turn Linux ...

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 ...

Late at night, a system administrator performed a routine check of a crashed server, one of 48 systems comprising a major online infrastructure that generated about US$4 million per month in revenue.

A probable Chinese rootkit infects targeted computers and stays active even if the system is being reinstalled. Malware exists in different flavors. Most of the time, malware consists of malicious ...

The revelation 5 years ago that Sony BMG was planting a secret rootkit onto its music customers’ Windows PCs in the name of anti-piracy is seen now as one of the all-time significant events in IT ...

Researchers have unpacked a major cybersecurity find—a malicious UEFI-based rootkit used in the wild since 2016 to ensure computers remained infected even if an operating system is reinstalled or a ...