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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 2006-01-27
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)
Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-05-25
Anonymous (4 replies)
Re: Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-07-28
ABG (1 replies)
Re: Re: Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-09-26
Anonymous (1 replies)
I too have experienced the same devestating symptoms. Purchasing new hardware, etc.. and it some how came back. I have spent endless nights, weeks and months analyzing this horrific creation. Why someone would create such a piece of code is beyond me. I would like to know if anyone has had any success against this thing. I agree with one of the statements in this thread earlier related to government tracking. Please help...

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