Kernel Malware - The Attack from Within

The paper – "Kernel Malware: The Attack from Within" – is about kernel malware, explaining what they are, how they work, and what makes their detection and removal challenging. It also looks at two interesting malware cases utilizing kernel-mode techniques to avoid detection and to bypass personal firewalls. An important part of the paper was a statistical analysis run over a large sample set to investigate how the kernel malware trend has changed over the years.