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Top 11 C rootkit Projects
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r77-rootkit
Fileless ring 3 rootkit with installer and persistence that hides processes, files, network connections, etc.
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TripleCross
A Linux eBPF rootkit with a backdoor, C2, library injection, execution hijacking, persistence and stealth capabilities.
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Project mention: The Kernel's Blind Spot: Deconstructing the Advanced Techniques of the Singularity Rootkit | dev.to | 2026-01-27
View the Project on GitHub
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arm64_silent_syscall_hook
silent syscall hooking without modifying sys_call_table/handlers via patching exception handler
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HiddenGhost
HiddenGhost is an new solution for find system call table with support for 5.7x kernels +
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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GitHub - h3xduck/TripleCross: A Linux eBPF rootkit with a backdoor, C2, library injection, execution hijacking, persistence and stealth capabilities.
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Show HN: TripleCross – A Linux eBPF rootkit with a C2 system and more
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TripleCross: A Linux eBPF rootkit with a backdoor, C2, library injection, execution hijacking, persistence and stealth capabilities.
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TripleCross: A Linux eBPF rootkit with a backdoor, C2, library injection, execution hijacking, persistence and stealth capabilities.
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Index
What are some of the best open-source rootkit projects in C? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | TitanHide | 2,753 |
| 2 | Diamorphine | 2,361 |
| 3 | r77-rootkit | 2,149 |
| 4 | TripleCross | 1,952 |
| 5 | Singularity | 1,687 |
| 6 | ebpfkit | 844 |
| 7 | arm64_silent_syscall_hook | 153 |
| 8 | ebpfkit-monitor | 141 |
| 9 | WSAAcceptBackdoor | 119 |
| 10 | BlackOps-Armarda | 5 |
| 11 | HiddenGhost | 5 |