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| Source |  Network World |
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| Identifiant | 351716 |
| Date de publication | 2017-04-03 11:19:57 (vue: 2017-04-03 11:19:57) |
| Titre | UEFI flaws can be exploited to install highly persistent ransomware |
| Texte | Over the past few years, the world has seen ransomware threats advance from living inside browsers to operating systems, to the bootloader, and now to the low-level firmware that powers a computer's hardware components.Earlier this year, a team of researchers from security vendor Cylance demonstrated a proof-of-concept ransomware program that ran inside a motherboard's Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) -- the modern BIOS.On Friday, at the Black Hat Asia security conference, the team revealed how they did it: by exploiting vulnerabilities in the firmware of two models of ultra compact PCs from Taiwanese computer manufacturer Gigabyte Technology.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here |
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