Open Source Release Takes Linux Rootkits Mainstream

LinuxSecurity.com: The art of burying invisible malware deep inside a Linux machine is about to go mainstream, thanks to a new open-source rootkit released Thursday by Immunity Inc., a firm that supplies tools for penetration testers. When implemented, Immunity's DR, or Debug Register, makes backdoors and other types of malware extremely difficult to detect or eradicate. Learn how a new open source rootkit will make it easier to cloak malware on Linux boxes. How do you think Linux intrusion detection systems like rkhunter will deal with this challenge? Read on.

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