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Open source release takes Linux rootkits mainstream

Script kiddies, the DR will see you now The art of burying invisible malware deep inside a Linux machine is about to go mainstream, thanks to a new open-source rootkit released Thursday by Immunity Security, a firm that supplies tools for penetration... ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Fri, Sep 05 2008

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