SYMBIOTE Backdoor and Rootkit Dropper Revealed

Symbiote Backdoor: a Stealthy and Highly Evasive Linux Malware Researchers at Blackberry and Intezer have revealed a malignant program dubbed Symbiote used to inject rootkits and backdoors into compromised Linux servers. This software has been targeting financial institutions throughout South America. To install the pest into the system, the malefactors need root access, which they… Continue reading SYMBIOTE Backdoor and Rootkit Dropper Revealed

How to Prevent a Rootkit Attack?

Maybe you’ve already heard somewhere the name rootkit. The name which comes from the Linux and Unix operating systems means the most privileged account admin that is called ” the root”. And the applications with the help of which a user can have admin-level access or unauthorized root access to the device are called the… Continue reading How to Prevent a Rootkit Attack?