Introduction This post will go through some of the basic rootkit techniques, using one of the first publicly available rootkits made in Rust as a proof of concept https://github.com/memN0ps/rootkit-rs/. Many anti-cheats and EDRs are utilizing Windows kernel drivers using rootkit-like techniques to detect game hackers or adversaries. However, this is a cat and mouse game, and the game hackers and malware authors have been years ahead of the industry. Why was this made?