Threat actors are exploiting CVE-2025-20352, a recent Cisco zero-day, to deploy a rootkit on older networking devices. Older Cisco devices unpatched against a recent zero-day vulnerability have been ...

Fake installers distributed through Chinese-language websites are infecting users with a remote access trojan (RAT) and a rootkit, Netskope reports. Masquerading as legitimate software, such as WPS ...

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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Linux rootkit called PUMAKIT that comes with capabilities to escalate privileges, hide files and directories, and conceal itself from system tools, while ...

A new loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit has been spotted in the wild compromising Linux systems with advanced stealth and privilege escalation features. PUMAKIT, as called by the Elastic Security ...

A new Linux rootkit malware called Pumakit has been discovered that uses stealth and advanced privilege escalation techniques to hide its presence on systems. The malware is a multi-component set that ...

A new malicious campaign is using a legitimate but old and vulnerable Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to evade detection and take control of the target system by disabling security components. The malware ...

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