Rootkit Security: The Next Big Challenge | Linux Today

Rootkit Security: The Next Big Challenge

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Feb 5, 2016

“Firmware, I believe, is the next frontier in what is going to be attacked given how hard it is to detect bad firmware. Servers, networks, disks and SSD drives are all at risk unless vendors have a way of securing firmware”

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