VM Rootkits: The Next Big Threat?

Rootkits is becoming more and more sophisticated and harder to detect.

The proof-of-concept rootkit called SubVirt exploits known security flaws and drops a VMM (virtual machine monitor) underneath a Windows or Linux installation. This rootkits becomes impossible to detect because its state cannot be accessed by security software running in the target system.


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