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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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Not actually 2006-01-27
Prisoner
BIOS was made in 1980's! Use BIOS for virus or rootkit will have been CIH in final. It's subject not actually, because EFI 1.10 is technology of the future. BIOS will be died in near future, such as old technology!...

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