Virtualized rootkits - Part 1 | |
From: | Joe Klemmer |
Date: | Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:16:16 -0400 |
Virtualized rootkits - Part 1 By Federico Biancuzzi There has been a lot of buzz around the topic of virtualized rootkits. Joanna Rutkowska has been working on a new version of Blue-Pill, her proof of concept invisible rootkit, while a team made by three prominent security experts (Thomas Ptacek, Nate Lawson, Peter Ferrie) challenged her that there is not an "invisible" rootkit, and that they were going to present at BlackHat conference various techniques to detect Blue-Pill. Federico Biancuzzi interviewed both sides to learn more. Part 1 of 2 http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/451