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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 2006-01-29
Anonymous
Until you've seen a 'malware/trojan/rootkit' that actually writes to eeproms, don't dismiss the theory so quickly. I speak from experience, as I actually got hit with that very malady around 4Q 2004. This particular offering (not sure what else to call it) did indeed flash the bios in two networke...

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