#rootkit
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #rootkit from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #rootkit
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-15 14:18 UTC2 uses by 2 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-15 14:18 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-15 14:18 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~7389 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 10:00
Languages: English (20) · Italian (6) · German (5) · Portuguese (3) · French (2) · Russian (2)
Avg boosts / post: 0.9
Top of the latest posts
Don't be afraid of the #rootkit bit of the malicious bonus material that shipped with some #ArchLinux #AUR packages recently , it is not really hard to detect in a generic way. In the past few months I had been doing some research on #Linux
A friendly reminder: Don't be afraid of #Linux #rootkits. I have just released version 0.3.0 of rk-expose, a modern self-contained #rootkit detection tool that uses several techniques to detect signs of process hiding, file hiding, file con
Melofee: a look back at a Linux implant and its new variants Three years after its initial discovery, the Melofee Linux implant has evolved with sophisticated new capabilities. The malware now features modularized architecture with hot-load
What “rootkit” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediarootkit
- nounA set of software tools used by a third party to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and control the system while concealing itself from the user.
- verbTo infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.
A rootkit is a collection of typically malicious computer software designed to enable access to a computer or to part of its software that would not otherwise be allowed. Rootkits often mask their presence or that of other software. The term rootkit is a compound of "root" and the word "kit". The term "rootkit" has negative connotations through its association with malware.
“Rootkit” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#rootkit across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #rootkit straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/rootkit