There exists much confusion between the terms malware and rootkit. In the context of malware, the rootkit is a part of the malware which ensures that a cyber miscreant maintains his access to the ...

Rootkits hit the news earlier this month when Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals noticed odd behaviour following installation of some digital rights management (DRM) software that shipped with a Sony ...

In order to protect your PC it is important to download the latest signatures from your Internet security software vendor daily and regularly scan your system to detect and eliminate stealthy viruses, ...

These attacker tools have become stealthier than ever. Even so, they may not require specialized protection. Talk of , favorite attacker tools for compromising computer systems without detection, has ...

If a rootkit is hiding files, processes, log-ins, etc., how would you know? If you can't see it, how would you remove it? Last week’s posting was a reminder of how stealthy and dangerous rootkits can ...

You could have a rootkit infection right now and be totally unaware. One of the key goals of a rootkit is, after all, to go undetected. If the rootkit is hiding files, processes, logins, etc., how ...

Security analysts have been predicting that kernel rootkits, which cloak their activity by replacing a portion of a programs software kernel with modified code, are expected to continue to grow in ...

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 ...

Much like in the movie The Matrix, where the world presented to the computer user is not a true representation of what is really going on, a rootkit is a program that can be used to hide files, ...