The Rise of the Rootkit


Peter Wood and Adrian McGarry discuss rootkits:

What they are, how they work and how to protect yourself from this type of malware.

 

Links used in making this video:

Kaspersky rootkit explanation: https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-ce…

Bleeping Computer latest rootlet news: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tag/…

SecureTeam article on MoonBounce: https://secureteam.co.uk/articles/inf…

DarkReading in-depth on MoonBounce: https://www.darkreading.com/threat-in…

Kaspersky on MoonBounce: https://securelist.com/moonbounce-the…

Malwarebytes on ATM rootkits: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercr…

SC Media on Winnti using rootkits: https://www.scmagazine.com/editorial/…

The Record on Avast/AVG vulnerability: https://therecord.media/avast-avg-rel…

OS News on Riot Games rootkit: https://www.osnews.com/story/131665/r…

Softonic on removing Android rootkits: https://avast.en.softonic.com/article…

Kaspersky on removing rootkits: https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/blog/root…

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