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- 25GB 'unknown' on my laptop c:drive
- I am using windows xp on the vpn. I ran a scan on spacemonger and windirstat and discovered there is 25GB 'unknown' sitting on my c: drive taking up space. windows tells me the c drive is healthy, and shows no extra partition. i ran a diagnostic from seagate and...
- Tags: Rootkits, laptop computer, cyuno@..., window, hard drive, rootkit, C-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-09-30
- Rootkit redux: Sony doesn't learn from history
- Remember the Sony/BMG rootkit scandal in 2005? It was all over the news how Sony/BMG was distributing rootkits with its DRM software on legitimately purchased music CDs. Of course, Sony eventually played the "left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing" card and blamed it all on some...
- Tags: Software, Sony Corp., Digital-rights Management, Rootkit, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- Rootkit redux: Sony doesn't learn from history
- I WOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE SLAMMING SONYThe 'software company' tells you what you need to do,you check with your legal team,and then do it.Somebody has to have a truth sensing ability because the computer industry is loaded with lies.That's OK I haveI don't buy their stuff.Me neither.Two public rootkit fiascoes...
- Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, BALTHOR, rootkit, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- elite keylogger
- Hi, and thank you for helping me with my last problem, the solution i got worked perfectly. This time, i need to know how to get rid of an old version of elite keylogger. I previously installed a 7-day trial, and it has expired, now i want to try a...
- Tags: Rootkits, Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, kal_lmn@..., software, keylogger, rootkit, elite Keylogger, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- Rootkits 201
- Rootkits = *.*A few months ago my main XpPro SP1 box started experiencing a few problems. I had not reinstalled the OS for over a year, so I thought I would do a non destructive re-install. Guess what - it failed and I was informed:Stop 0x0000007B After much research microsoft...
- Tags: Rootkits, information technology, dsimp@..., rootkit, Stop 0x0000007B, Rootkits 201, backup, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Rootkits 201
- Once you have security measures in place to protect you against unauthorized access to your computers and data, as well as the means to detect rootkits in case security is compromised despite your best efforts, you should have a plan ready for recovering in case the worst happens. Rootkit detection...
- Tags: System, Rootkit, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Unix/Linux rootkits 101
- The term rootkit originated with a reference to the root user account on Unix systems. Rootkits are not limited to Unix, however, or even to administrative user accounts like the Unix root account. No matter what operating system you use, you should be familiar with good practices for...
- Tags: Security, Malware, Intrusion Detection
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Windows rootkits 101
- When administrators and security professionals hear the word rootkit, most think first of a UNIX-based system. Unfortunately, this only leads to a false sense of security for Windows-based systems. The fact is that Windows rootkits do exist, and you need to be able to detect them.What is a rootkit?To clarify,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Rootkit, Mike Mullins
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- Windows rootkits 101
- IT CIOThe problem, when, using something like Rootkit Revealer, one has a list of possible anomalies is to know what can be removed and what needs to be left alone because it is needed by installed applications or even by AV products @?RE: Windows rootkits 101I didn't learn something new....
- Tags: Rootkits, jim@..., Windows rootkits 201, rootkit, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- Microsoft insults our intelligence on Virtualization security
- With the announcement that Microsoft will not ease up on its EULA End User License Agreement terms for virtualizing lower-tiered versions of Windows Vista, Microsoft has once again pulled out the security argument for its decision again and I must say that I find it rather insulting. It's not that...
- Tags: Vista, Virtualization, Security, News, Microsoft, Intel, Hardware, Desktop, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Rootkits - How can you tell whats malicious?
- Hello, while i was reading up on rootkits, i was wondering how you would differentiate a malicious rootkit from a non-malicious one?Thanks!
- Tags: Rootkits, jeepsterxj@..., rootkit
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Did Apple install a rootkit in Apple TV?
- Do you understand what a root kit is?... because it surely sounds like you're confusing it with an appliances ability to be automatically updated.You know, like how TiVo, DirecTV/Dish Network, every cable company out there, ... regularly push out updates to their set-top boxes?A root kit is something that's installed...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, jason@..., TV, rootkit, root kit, AppleTV, administrative access, Apple Computer Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-29
- Did Apple install a rootkit in Apple TV?
- Several Apple TV modders are complaining that their enhancements to Apple TV, such as adding VNC and SSH, are being disabled over night. As some of my readers may recall, I wrote "Apple TV might obsolete the x86 appliance market" two months ago with some high hopes for it. Im...
- Tags: Hardware, Fun Stuff, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- OpenBSD remote kernel vulnerability
- Several versions of the OpenBSD OS contain flaws related to processing IPv6 packets. Researchers at Core Security Technologies Inc. identified the affected versions as 3.1, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, and 4.1.The vulnerability is exploited by sending a fragmented IPv6 packet to the target system. This can cause a...
- Tags: It Management, Rootkit, Security, vulnerability
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- New rootkit code base
- If you ever wondered how process injection works, or kernel hooking, or keyboard logging, or file filtering, or network filtering, or email filtering, or any other rootkit technology, you can now download the code from www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-0470101547.html and see for yourself. This is free, modular, commented, production quality code.Hmmm, this would...
- Tags: rootkit, rvieler@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
- Defend against kernel malware
- Kernel malware, commonly known as rootkits, are malicious applications that run in the kernel of the OS with absolute rights to system resources. End user devices infected with this type of application are open to undetectable processes that can steal data, collect PII, and otherwise control the system regardless...
- Tags: Antivirus Research, Computer Crime, Cybercrime, It Management, kernel malware, kernel mode, malware, Microsoft, PatchGuard, Rootkit, Security, Spyware, Threats, Tom Olzak, user mode, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Windows rootkits 101
- When administrators and security professionals hear the word rootkit, many think first of a UNIX-based system. But the fact is that Windows rootkits do exist, and you need to be able to detect them. Get the details from Mike Mullins in this edition of Security Solutions. When administrators...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Rootkits, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, rootkit, Security Solutions Newsletter, Fact, Microsoft Corp., Mike Mullins, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"
- Technical articles 2006-08-10
- Rootkits: Digital Rights Management, Spyware, and Security
- Sony-BMG and other record companies face some hard decisions. The Internet is transforming the distribution and promotion of music, and the industry is searching intently for new business models. Many in the industry see DRM as part of the industry's future. For these DRM advocates, Sony-BMG's misadventures with CD copy...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Internet, Bertelsmann Music Group, CD, Digital-rights Management, Industry, Rootkit, Spyware, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2006-01-23
- A new book about rootkits
- "Professional Rootkits" covers all the technologies employed by modern rootkits. The book is actually a step-by-step primer for developing rootkits, but the knowledge can be used to prevent rootkits as well.Check it out at: http://www.wrox.com/
- Tags: Rootkits, rvieler@..., rootkit
- Discussion threads 2006-12-28
- Sony BMG to pay penalties, consumers in rootkit deal
- $175got off cheap then didn't they.Won't touch them either, I bet they've several top boffins researching how to get away with it next time.YAAAY!However, Sony still has a long way to go before I'll trust them again. Right now, my mindset
- Tags: feedback, Zeppo9191, Sony Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, rootkit
- Discussion threads 2006-12-20
