rootkit
Speech parts
1. rootkit - Noun
2. rootkit - Verb
Meaning
rootkit (plural rootkits)
(computer security) A set of software tools used by a third party to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and control the system while concealing itself from the user.
rootkit (third-person singular simple present rootkits, present participle rootkitting, simple past and past participle rootkitted)
(transitive) To infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.
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Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?
Brian Shields, a former systems security advisor for Nortel, led an internal investigation on the breach and exposed rootkit software on at least two machines in 2009 that allowed hackers to control them remotely and monitor email.
Despite the original discovery in 2004 and the subsequent investigation that led to the rootkit detection in 2009, Nortel allegedly ignored the problem and failed to disclose it to potential buyers of its business.
For example, researchers didn't find any evidence of Tor integration or user mode rootkit functionality in the binaries they analyzed.
He presented several sophisticated ideas for rootkit creation and personal firewall bypassing in the past few years.
A new rootkit, Zacinlo, that attacks United States users of Windows 10 has re-surfaced.