Rootkits

Faceless hacker rootkit

The evolution of rootkits and why they're here to stay

Rootkits, those sneaky bits of software that lurk deep inside a system in order to give access to hackers, have been around since the late 1980s.

A new study from Positive Technologies takes a close look at how they have evolved in recent years and just how much of a threat they present.

By Ian Barker -

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