awesome-linux-rootkits/README.md

awesome-linux-rootkits

🔑 feature table

Environment:

• Kernel/User mode (or mixed)

Core capabilities:

• Persistency
• Management interface

Stealth capabilities:

• System logs cleaning (filtering)

Hiding stuff capabilities:

• Hiding of files and directories
• Hiding of processes and process trees
• Hiding of network connections and activity
• Hiding of process accounting information (like CPU usage)

Additional functions:

• Keylogger
• Backdoor/shell

🙈 user mode rootkits 💩

• https://github.com/mempodippy/vlany

  Linux LD_PRELOAD rootkit (x86 and x86_64 architectures)

  ☝️

🙉 kernel mode rootkits ❤️

• https://github.com/f0rb1dd3n/Reptile

  Reptile is a LKM rootkit written for evil purposes that runs on Linux kernel 2.6.x/3.x/4.x

  ☝️ backdoor

• https://github.com/QuokkaLight/rkduck

  rkduck - Rootkit for Linux v4

  ☝️ keylogger backdoor