CRN

Rootkits To Mask Most Malware By 2008

In the opening quarter of 2006, said McAfee in the first of a trilogy of reports on rootkits, its Avert Labs spotted more rootkit components in worms, Trojan horses, and spyware than in all of 2005.

Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity

A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations.
techtimes

Microsoft Confirms Rootkit Malware to Be Allowed on Windows After Signing It Off, Is it Gone Now?

Microsoft has confirmed that it has signed off on the recently discovered "rootkit malware" found on the Windows platform, which is believed to be a potential point of access for threat actors. The ...
Network World

Malware and rootkits team up for mayhem

Home alone after school one day, Tommy scans through the latest blogs and teen Web sites, stopping for a chat or two. Somewhere along the way, the computer’s browser hits a site that instantly and ...
techtimes

Rootkit Malware Masquerades As Free VPN Service: Here's What Zacinlo Does And How To Protect Yourself

A rootkit-based malware disguised as a free VPN service has infected at least thousands of Windows PCs, according to Romanian cybersecurity and antivirus software company BitDefender. The group behind ...
CRN

Researchers Discover Rootkit Variation

When combined with Web threats, the new rootkit is proving to be both a destructive and prolific combination, security experts say. The rootkit models a similar virus from several years ago but with ...
ZDNet

Purple Fox rootkit discovered in malicious Telegram installers

This week, the Minerva Labs cybersecurity team, working with MalwareHunterTeam, said that Purple Fox is being disguised through a file named "Telegram Desktop.exe." Those that believe they are ...
Computerworld

Gameover malware is tougher to kill with new rootkit component

A new variant of the Gameover malware that steals online banking credentials comes with a kernel-level rootkit that makes it significantly harder to remove, according to security researchers from ...
Bleeping Computer

New ‘Lightning Framework’ Linux malware installs rootkits, backdoors

A previously undetected malware dubbed 'Lightning Framework' that targets Linux systems can be used to backdoor infected devices using SSH and deploy rootkits to cover the attackers' tracks. Described ...
Government Technology

Malware with Rootkit Features Grows

An alarming increase in the amount of malicious code using rootkit techniques has been detected recently. In 2006 there was a 62 percent annual increase and the forecast for 2007 is equally ...
TechCrunch

Scranos, a new rootkit malware, steals passwords and pushes YouTube clicks

Security researchers have discovered an unusual new malware that steals user passwords and account payment methods stored in a victim’s browser — and also silently pushes up YouTube subscribers and ...