According to an independent security researcher, Peter Kleissner the details of a rootkit exploit for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system had been published, reports infosecurity-magazine on November 28, 2011.
Kleissner has earned reputation in the security community for his creation of the Stoned bootkit, which is a refined form of rootkit designed to load from the master boot record and keep the resident with the memory throughout the boot process. The earlier version of the bootkit (Stonned) was compatible with Windows XP through Windows 7, but the new version created by Kleissner is operable with Windows 8 also.
Security researcher claimed that the new bootkit, Stoned Lite comprises an infector file of 14 Kilobytes. The bootkit is also enabled to be started from an USB drive or CD, as highlighted in the arstechnica website during the third week of November 2011.
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