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The first malicious rootkit for the Windows NT operating system appeared in 1999: a trojan called NTRootkit created by Greg Hoglund. [9] It was followed by HackerDefender in 2003. [1] The first rootkit targeting Mac OS X appeared in 2009, [10] while the Stuxnet worm was the first to target programmable logic controllers (PLC). [11]
NRN, meaning No Reply Necessary or No Reply Needed. The recipient is informed that they do not have to reply to this email. NRR, meaning No Reply Requested or No Reply Required. The recipient is informed that they do not have to reply to this email. NSFW, meaning Not Safe For Work or Not Suitable For Work. Used in corporate emails to indicate ...
Blue Pill is the codename for a rootkit based on x86 virtualization.Blue Pill originally required AMD-V (Pacifica) virtualization support, but was later ported to support Intel VT-x (Vanderpool) as well.
Nimda proved effective partially because it—unlike other infamous malware like Code Red—uses five different infections vectors: . Email; Open network shares; Browsing of compromised web sites
chkrootkit (Check Rootkit) is a Unix-based program intended to help system administrators check their system for known rootkits.It is a shell script using common UNIX/Linux tools like the strings and grep commands to search core system programs for signatures and for comparing a traversal of the /proc filesystem with the output of the ps (process status) command to look for discrepancies.
A complete list can be found on the wayback engine for rootkit.com Last snapshot of rootkit.com on Wayback. [20] Rootkit.com's original site administrators were Greg Hoglund, Charles Weidner (Handle Redacted), Fuzen_Op (Jamie Butler), Barns ( Barnaby Jack ), Caezar of GhettoHackers (Riley Eller), Talis (JD Glaser of NTObjectives), and Vacuum of ...
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It seems the SonyBMG Rootkit is not one by definition of this article "A rootkit is software that enables continued privileged access to a computer while actively hiding its presence from administrators by subverting standard operating system functionality or other applications." It is NOT the first, but is the second.