Abstract: Rootkits are powerful and dangerous pieces of malware that use stealth and administrative privilege to maintain a persistent, covert foothold on a compromised system. These capabilities make ...

A new, particularly malicious Android rootkit has been identified by the team of cybersecurity researchers at McAfee, and as the above image indicates, it has a particularly high rate of infection ...

A campaign that exploited a Cisco Simple Network Management Protocol vulnerability to install Linux rootkits on exposed network devices has been observed. The exploit, tracked as CVE-2025-20352 and ...

In this article we’ll dive into the technical details of a real world rootkit, explore how that rootkit compromises an operating system, and then learn how Kernel Integrity Measurement technology ...

Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a proof-of-concept (PoC) rootkit dubbed Curing that leverages a Linux asynchronous I/O mechanism called io_uring to bypass traditional system call ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. As if Windows users need any more bad news on the security ...

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Attackers can take advantage of how Windows converts file paths between the traditional DOS format to the more modern NT format in order to achieve rootkit-based capabilities such as hiding files and ...

Bootable anti-malware software runs from a USB drive or CD/DVD before your operating system loads, bypassing any potential interference from the rootkit. Notable examples of such software include ...

Helldivers 2 released on Feb. 8 and topped Steam’s daily sales chart and player count almost immediately. But despite dominating in sales, Helldivers 2 only has a 53 overall percent positive rating on ...