The 2007 Pwnie Nominee For Most Over-Hyped Bug

BluePill

Joana Rutkowska

Joanna Rutkowska presented the virtualization based rootkit called BluePill at SyScan and BlackHat USA 2007. It was quickly labeled “100% Undetectable Malware” in the press, but the sky failed to fall. BluePill detection techniques are being presented this year at both SyScan and BlackHat USA.