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Anti-Rootkit Security Beyond the OS

Posted by samzenpus on from the building-a-better-wall dept.

Orome1 writes "Cybercriminals know how to evade current operating systems-based security, demanding a new paradigm – security beyond the operating system. On that note, McAfee demonstrated the workings of its new McAfee DeepSAFE technology at the Intel Developer Forum on Tuesday. Co-developed with Intel, it allows McAfee to develop hardware-assisted security products to take advantage of a 'deeper' security footprint. It sits beyond the operating system and close to the silicon, and by operating beyond the OS, it provides a direct view of system memory and processor activity."

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  1. Ohhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Scary.

  2. Re:So I have to ask by MichaelKristopeit417 · · Score: -1, Informative

    Why doesn't McAfee just write an OS?

    what do you think this is?

  3. That just sounds like another level to infect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just like ring 0 and ring -1 have been abuse, I'm pretty sure that in a few years, we'll read headlines "New persistent rookit infects McAfee DeepSafe"!

  4. better idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    hammer a nail through the cpu it'll kill all the vira, and it will still have more computing power left than if it was running McAfee ...

  5. turtles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    it's turtles all the way down!