Virtual Machine Rootkits: The Next Big Threat?

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Interesting article.

Via eWeek.

[snip]

Lab rats at Microsoft Research and the University of Michigan have teamed up to create prototypes for virtual 
machine-based rootkits that significantly push the envelope for hiding malware and that can maintain control of a 
target operating system.

The proof-of-concept rootkit, called SubVirt, exploits known security flaws and drops a VMM (virtual machine monitor) 
underneath a Windows or Linux installation.

[snip]

More:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1936666,00.asp

= ferg


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