Cybersecurity researchers at Bitdefender have detailed how cyber criminals have been using FiveSys, a rootkit that somehow made its way through the driver-certification process to be digitally signed ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. This free app makes a useful distinction between known and ...

Nearly two years after Sony faced a storm of criticism for using a rootkit-like program in its digital rights management (DRM) technology, security researchers at F-Secure say they have discovered ...

Rootkits do not signal impending doom for corporate IT, but companies need to keep up their defenses as the malware tools begin to spread, experts say. The best way to deal with rootkits is to prevent ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Grisoft's AVG Anti-Rootkit detects and disables rootkits.

Sophos PLC has released a free tool to help PC users root out rootkits. Called Sophos Anti-Rootkit, the software will detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits, and it will also warn system ...

The detection and eradication of rootkits — the software code increasingly used to hide malware or adware — is either fairly simple or nearly impossible, depending on which security expert is bringing ...