After being criticized for including rootkit-like cloaking software in its Norton SystemWorks product, security vendor Symantec is calling for an industrywide effort to define what the term “rootkit” ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...

This post explains what is a Rootkit virus in cybersecurity. While it is possible to hide malware in a way that will fool even the traditional antivirus/antispyware products, most malware programs ...

What commercial software uses rootkits or rootkit-like technology? I guess it depends on how you define rootkits. Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals (he's the programmer who brought the Sony DRM rootkit ...

The Sony BMG copy protection debacle has pulled "rootkit" out of the hacker underground and into the wider world of regular computer users. But while those PC owners may now recognize the term, that ...

The Windows operating system expert who exposed Sony BMG Music Entertainment use of “rootkit” cloaking techniques last year is now criticizing security vendors Symantec Corp. and Kaspersky Lab Ltd.