The detectors themselves typically work by comparing different views of the system and seeing where there's a mismatch. One of the original ways to perform this kind of detection was to dump a ...

The problem with rootkits is that they tend to hook into system calls to improve the stealthy qualities. Unlike most bots and viruses that run as executable code and are fairly easy to check/destroy ...

A newly discovered rootkit may not be particularly threatening in itself, but its unique method of concealment could pave the way for more malicious exploits, researchers say. Symantec and F-Secure ...