EUROSYS
2010
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
2010
ACM
Targeting the operating system (OS) kernels, kernel rootkits pose a formidable threat to computer systems and their users. Recent efforts have made significant progress in blocki...
NDSS
2009
IEEE
14 years 10 months ago
2009
IEEE
Kernel rootkits can provide user level-malware programs with the additional capabilities of hiding their malicious activities by altering the legitimate kernel behavior of an oper...
CCS
2009
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
2009
ACM
Kernel rootkits have posed serious security threats due to their stealthy manner. To hide their presence and activities, many rootkits hijack control flows by modifying control d...
IEEEARES
2009
IEEE
14 years 10 months ago
2009
IEEE
—Targeting the operating system kernel, the core of trust in a system, kernel rootkits are able to compromise the entire system, placing it under malicious control, while eluding...