Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS

Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-01-26

ARLINGTON, Virginia -- Insider attacks and industrial espionage could become more stealthy by hiding malicious code in the core system functions available in a motherboard's flash memory, researchers said on Wednesday at the Black Hat Federal conference.

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Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-26
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Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-26
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Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-27
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Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-27
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Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-27
Bela from VA (1 replies)

"This is platform independent," Heasman said. "We can write a backdoor for Windows that will elevate privilege, and turn around and use the code on Windows."

Well, porting from Windows to Windows isn't always easy ...

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Re: Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-27
Robert Lemos

It wouldn't be that easy!!! 2006-01-27
janice

Quibble - rootkit for OS X 2006-01-27
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: Quibble - rootkit for OS X 2006-01-30
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Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-27
Gimping 8600

Not actually 2006-01-27
Prisoner (1 replies)

Re: Not actually 2006-06-24
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