ZeroAccess, a kernel-mode rootkit, recently shifted its infection technique from kernel mode to user mode. (For more on ZeroAccess, which turns infected systems into a peer-to-peer botnet, read the
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We have seen many discussions of the MyBios “Bioskit” discovered at the end of 2011. MyBios was the first malware to successfully infect the Award BIOS and survive the reboot. It was fi
Darkmegi was in the news a couple of months back; it was the first known threat to be delivered through the Microsoft vulnerability CVE-2012-0003 (MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability) exploit
Rootkit stories show up in the mainstream media on a regular basis these days. While these stories raise public awareness about what the bad guys are doing, they usually leave readers