These aren’t the security threats you’re looking for

Which of these security threats are invisible to a computer’s operating system?

A) Spyware

B) Rootkit

C) Phishing

D) Worm

E) Jedi

The answer: B) Rootkit

A rootkit is designed to be stealthy. This stealth may hide in the operating system as a file that appears to be legitimate, or the threat could become part of the kernel and effectively be invisible to the operating system.

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