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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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Re: Re: Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS 2006-09-26
Anonymous
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 s...

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