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So why would a kernel-level rootkit like TDSS start dropping the DNSChanger trojan on 600K to 1M machines? Just another pay-per-install malware module? Hard f
by marshray 15y ago
So why would a kernel-level rootkit like TDSS start dropping the DNSChanger trojan on 600K to 1M machines?
Just another pay-per-install malware module?
Hard for AV to detect the settings are wrong?
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Researchers-Discover-Link-Between-TDSS-Rootkit-and-DNSchanger-Trojan-753018/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Researchers-Discover-Link-...
- tptacek 15y agoI can't see any connection between what a kernel-level rootkit does and how we should secure DNS. If you lose your kernel, you're done, full stop.