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The first malicious rootkit for the Windows NT operating system appeared in 1999: a trojan called NTRootkit created by Greg Hoglund. [9] It was followed by HackerDefender in 2003. [1] The first rootkit targeting Mac OS X appeared in 2009, [10] while the Stuxnet worm was the first to target programmable logic controllers (PLC). [11]
Software crack illustration. Software cracking (known as "breaking" mostly in the 1980s [1]) is an act of removing copy protection from a software. [2] Copy protection can be removed by applying a specific crack. A crack can mean any tool that enables breaking software protection, a stolen product key, or guessed password. Cracking software ...
It runs on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit-versions only). Its output lists Windows Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a rootkit. It is the same tool that triggered the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal. [2] RootkitRevealer is no longer being developed. [1]: 08:16
CyberArk was founded in 1999 in Israel [5] [6] by Udi Mokady [7] and Alon N. Cohen. In June 2014, CyberArk filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, listing 2013 revenues of $66.2 million. [8] CyberArk became a public company the same year, trading on the NASDAQ as CYBR. [9]
A software license is a legal instrument that governs the usage and distribution of computer software. [1] Often, such licenses are enforced by implementing in the software a product activation or digital rights management (DRM) mechanism, [2] seeking to prevent unauthorized use of the software by issuing a code sequence that must be entered into the application when prompted or stored in its ...
GMER is a software tool written by a Polish researcher Przemysław Gmerek, for detecting and removing rootkits. [1] [2] It runs on Microsoft Windows and has support for Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10. With version 2.0.18327 full support for Windows x64 is added. [3] [4] [5]
Michael Gregory Hoglund is an American author, researcher, and serial entrepreneur in the cyber security industry. He is the founder of several companies, including Cenzic, HBGary and Outlier Security. Hoglund contributed early research to the field of rootkits, software exploitation, buffer overflows, and online game hacking.
Rootkit detection software (4 P) W. ... AFX Windows Rootkit 2003; Alureon; B. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...