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 ...

Researchers found a Linux malware called QLNX that combines P2P networking, rootkits, PAM backdoors, and fileless execution ...

Security researchers discovered a remote access trojan they named Krasue that is targeting Linux systems of telecommunications companies and managed to remain undetected since 2021. They found that ...

SonicWall has released a firmware update that can help customers remove rootkit malware deployed in attacks targeting SMA 100 series devices. "SonicWall SMA 100 10.2.2.2-92sv build has been released ...

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 ...

In recent weeks, attackers have leveraged workarounds that let them sign malicious kernel drivers, dealing a multi-pronged threat to Windows systems, the Windows Hardware Quality Lab testing integrity ...

Rootkits are still a security scanner’s worst nightmare: New rootkit detection tests recently conducted by AV-Test.org found that security suites and online Web scanners detected overall only a little ...

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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.