The Dissection of a Rootkit
While rootkit-fighting technologies such as the PatchGuard kernel protection system built into 64-bit versions of Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system are arriving, most PC users will still be left open to the attacks over the next twelve months, CA has said, and even experienced PC users are vulnerable to their sophisticated techniques.
F-Secure researcher Kimmo Kasslin has made the findings available in a paper titled "Kernel Malware: The Attack from Within" (a PDF) as well as in a slide show (also a PDF).
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