The word rootkit strikes fear in the hearts of most security professionals. These specially crafted pieces of malicious code are designed to provide intruders with a means to gain administrative control of a system. In fact, their very name is derived from the Unix/Linux term for the administrative user: “root.” Making them even more insidious is the fact that rootkits are designed to evade detection.

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Published in SearchMidmarketSecurity on 07/19/10