rootkit: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: SANS - Rootkits (PDF). Mar 09, 2026
Add new Web site: ACM Digital Library - Trace of the Times: Rootkit Detection through Temporal Anomalies in Kernel Activity. Jan 31, 2026
Add new Web site: SANS - Rootkits (PDF). Dec 06, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Static file analysis to detect rootkits in the system (PDF). Oct 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science - A Framework for Prototyping and Testing Data-Only Rootkit Attacks (PDF). May 09, 2025
Article revised and updated. Oct 19, 2021
Add new Web site: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Understanding Hidden Threats: Rootkits and Botnets. Nov 21, 2016
New article added. Jul 21, 2009
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