Execs say that the newly acquired technology provided by the Komoku purchase allows businesses to better respond to the increased use of rootkits as an attack tool to their networks and systems. The ...

Microsoft Corp. hopes to beef up its security capabilities with the acquisition of Komoku Inc., a developer of rootkit-detection products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the deal ...

Microsoft announced today that it acquired startup Komoku, a company specializing in rootkit detection and protection solutions. The deal marks Microsoft's second purchase related to fighting rootkits ...

Microsoft security researchers are warning about a new generation of powerful system monitoring programs, or “rootkits,” that are almost impossible to detect using current security products and that ...