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| Hackers Find a New Place to Hide Rootkits |
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Fri, 09 May 2008 22:16:39 -070 |
Friday, May 09, 2008 2:00 PM PDT
Security researchers have developed a new type of malicious rootkit
software that hides itself in an obscure part of a computer's
microprocessor, hidden from current antivirus products.
Called a System Management Mode (SMM) rootkit, the software runs in a
protected part of a computer's memory that can be locked and rendered
invisible to the operating system, but which can give attackers a
picture of what's happening in a computer's memory.
The SMM rootkit comes with keylogging and communications software and
could be used to steal sensitive information from a victim's computer.
It was built by Shawn Embleton and Sherri Sparks, who run an Oviedo,
Florida, security company called Clear Hat Consulting.
Read the rest at http://tinyurl.com/4vfsce
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Gary
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