Malware exists in different flavors. Most of the time, malware consists of malicious files stored in computers operating systems, just like any other file, and running as software with or without high ...

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 ...

Security researchers plan to demonstrate a rootkit running on an Android-based smartphone that could give an intruder full access to all the functions of the device. Nicholas Percoco and Christian ...

A Rootkit on PC is installed by Capcom to catch players who are cheating. A fresh update for Capcom’s Street Fighter V includes a knock-out move, a secret rootkit that gives any installed application ...

A new campaign targeting gaming users in China is the latest example of how threat actors are increasingly using sophisticated rootkits to hide malicious payloads, disable security tools, and maintain ...

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The good news is that neither rootkit has shown up in the wild. And Dai Zovi says such a hack is not imminent. The bad news: Dai Zovi says these hacks haven’t been unleashed on unsuspecting enterprise ...

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 ...

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 ...