SBIR/STTR Research Award
Reverse Engineering Kernel Mode Rootkits
Award amount
$99,999Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- GRAMMATECH INC
- Proposal award date
- 2006-07-26
- Contract end date
- 2007-01-26
- UEI
- CBXRSPNRF8F9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- OSD06-NC4
Research abstract
While the tools to combat malicious rootkits have evolved over the years, their effectiveness has paled before the increasing stealth of malware designed specifically for hiding from such tools. A next-generation reverse-engineering tool is needed to counter the growing threat of modern rootkits. This new forensics tool will utilize a powerful set of techniques to identify a broad class of malicious rootkit behavior.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- REAFFIRM: Reverse Engineer, Analyze, and Fix Firmware
- Scalpel-Debloat
- FPGA Hardening Against Vulnerabilities and Radiation Effects
- CRAM: C++ to Rust Assisted Migration PH2
- Automated Malware Generation for Avionics Cyber Resiliency
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Zero Condition Toolkit: Memory Forensics Capability
- Kernel-mode Software Protection Vulnerability Assessment and Rootkit Reverse Engineering Tool Development
- Software Protection Vulnerability Assessment through Kernel Analysis and Relationship Maps
- Kernel-mode Software Protection Vulnerability Assessment and Rootkit Reverse Engineering Tool Development
Research funding history
132 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2025). Reported award amounts total $51,342,070. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce