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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself

eSecurity Planet

Any bugs or glitches in its programming leaves noticeable trails for antivirus software to track. This type of rootkit was developed as a proof of concept in 2006, but in 2017, researcher Joseph Connelly designed nested virtual machine rootkit CloudSkulk as part of his Masters degree work at Boise State University. Firmware Rootkit.

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