While Windows is the operating system that is most often targeted by attackers, malware can find its way into other operating systems, including Linux.
In this month's screencast demonstration, Peter Giannoulis of The Academy Home and The Academy Pro demonstrates how to install and use Rootkit Hunter, a free rootkit scanner for Linux and BSD distributions that can detect dozens of malicious code variants that may otherwise go undetected.
About the author:
Peter Giannoulis, GSEC, GCIH,