Intel wants to move rootkit detection to hardware

Intel doesn’t like rootkits any more than you or I do, and the chip maker hopes to do something about them. The company has begun research on the possibility of hardware-level rootkit detection. Known as the OS Independent Run-time System Integrity Services project, the rootkit detections system would consist of a small chip on the PC’s motherboard that would be dedicated to monitoring active processes.

It’s nice to see one chip maker already thinking about this, because it may become even more important in the future. Check out the posting here.