:Open Source Release Takes Linux Rootkits Mainstream
Open Source Release Takes Linux Rootkits Mainstream Sep 5, 2008, 14 :32 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3336 reads) (Other stories by Dan Goodin)
"...it cloaks itself by burrowing deep inside a server's processor and availing itself of debugging mechanisms available in Intel's chip architecture. The rootkit, in other words, mimics a kernel debugger."