Security Researcher to Reveal Mac Rootkit at Black Hat

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Security researcher Dino Dai Zovi has had his hands in the Mac OS X security dirt for a long time. In fact, he says he has been using OS X since it was referred to as "the next step."

It should come as no surprise then that his July 29 talk at the upcoming Black Hat security conference will be centered on the Mac. This time, he is bringing with him a proof-of-concept for a new type of Mac rootkit.

The Mac OS X kernel is a hybrid BSD and Mach kernel, he explained. It is the second half of this dual personality that he is interested in with his research, as his rootkit works by silently abusing traditional Mach remote procedure call facilities and inter-process communication.

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