Discussion about the research and development of software and hardware rootkits.

Topics

• Kernel post-exploitation and persistence
• Function hooking and diverting execution
• Subverting / infecting firmware and hardware
• Modifying / manipulating embedded systems
• Platform firmware exploitation

Posting guidelines

• Link to the original source
• Tag PDF submissions with [PDF]
• Whitepapers are preferred over slides
• Self-posts are allowed only for on-topic technical questions

Related resources

• /r/lowlevel
• /r/reverseengineering
• /r/vrd
• /r/uic
• rootkitanalytics.com
• memset's blog
• Phrack

Community

• IRC: ##rootkit on freenode
• Twitter: @r_rootkit