Windows operating system comes with both Kernel and User modes, but not everyone knows the difference between both. In fact, most users have no idea these modes exist, but yet they’ve used them before ...

The operating system mode. Processors operate either in kernel mode or "user mode." Also called "supervisor mode," the kernel mode enables the OS (kernel) to execute "privileged instructions," which ...

The China-linked Mustang Panda APT has been using a kernel-mode rootkit in attacks leading to ToneShell backdoor deployments.

perfmon says that 'Kernel Current URIs Cached = 2 (average) and that 'Output Cache Current Items' = 3000-4000 (average) I think that this means that almost all of the objects are in the User Mode ...

A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations.

Hackers are using open source tools to exploit a Windows policy loophole for kernel mode drivers to load malicious and unverified drivers with expired certificates, researchers have found. The ...

There are various types of kernel drivers; the first that come to mind are device drivers that provide a software interface to hardware devices like plug and play interfaces or filter drivers. These ...

Mustang Panda deployed TONESHELL via a signed kernel-mode rootkit, targeting Asian government networks and evading security ...

EA announced its latest salvo in the endless cat-and-mouse battle of PC gaming cheat detection on Tuesday, and the effort prominently features one term sure to raise a red flag for some users: “kernel ...