Search: Home Bugtraq Vulnerabilities Mailing Lists Jobs Tools Vista
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.

Comments Mode:
Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-27
Bela from VA (1 replies)
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
Anonymous
Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-01-27
Gimping 8600
Not actually 2006-01-27
Prisoner (1 replies)
Re: Not actually 2006-06-24
Anonymous
Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-02-07
Samuel Stetler
Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-02-13
Black~Feather (1 replies)
Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-03-25
CONFIRMED ROOTKIT TROJAN / SCRIPTING IN BIOS (5 replies)
Re: Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-07-28
ABG
I Second the aforementioned information. I have this virus Rootkit too.

Here is a thought, however: Perhaps you and I really are being watched? Perhaps someone local to us was able to access our internet access. Then the government via this powerful bios related rootkit is watching our every move, looking for terrorist activity, child pornography etc. It's just being masked as some sort of mailing trojan or the like. This is just a thought. I would like further comments or Ideas!!! I've also gone on with this for months and months and months doing all the above mentioned efforts. I had actually given up for the most part and just was keeping my computers offline. I'm actually at the local library now looking for more information on the matter.

I will say this. You're not crazy, it's not a dream (of which I've had many concerning this issue), and it looks like it's not over yet for us. This began before Christmas and has been a huge learning path for me. I know 10 times what I knew even just 6 mo. ago. I will find and answer for this and so will you!!!

Drew

[ reply ]

Link to this comment: http://www.securityfocus.com/comments/articles/11372/33977#33977







 

Privacy Statement
Copyright 2008, SecurityFocus