The China-linked Mustang Panda APT has been using a kernel-mode rootkit in attacks leading to ToneShell backdoor deployments.

A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations.

To defend against the new attacks, the researchers advise memory forensics as the number one way of spotting ToneShell ...

Mustang Panda deployed TONESHELL via a signed kernel-mode rootkit, targeting Asian government networks and evading security ...

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces the detection of multi-purpose rootkits capable of posing a threat to both 32 and 64-bit Windows systems ...

(MENAFN- Golin Mena) As reported by Kaspersky experts, the number of Rootkit detections targeting businesses in Saudi Arabia grew by 89% in the first five months of 2023, which is 1.8 times more as ...

Rootkits embody software code designed to hide from view, so the tale of how Kaspersky Lab hunted down the rumored Rustock rootkit reads like a Sherlock Holmes story. Rootkits are software code ...

According to the Russian headquartered IT security vendor, the key feature of the 64-bit rootkit is that it does not try to bypass the PatchGuard kernel protection system, but uses a special digital ...

Researchers from Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky say they found malware they've dubbed CosmicStrand in firmware images of Gigabyte or ASUS motherboards. The malware delivers a kernel-level ...

As reported by fellow IT security vendor Prevx late last year, TDDS-3 comes from a 'dropper' that is spread by peer-to-peer networks or by crack and keygen websites. Infosecurity notes that the ...

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software, announces that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 ...