Strike me down, and I shall become more powerful!

2008-06-01

Aditya Kapoor

McAfee Avert Labs, USA

Rachit Mathur

McAfee Avert Labs, USA
Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

The rootkit that has been dubbed one of the stealthiest ever seen in the wild is back – with improved defences and new stealth code. Aditya Kapoor and Rachit Mathur look at recent developments in the MBR rootkit.

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