http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-wire-weekly/when-bios-updates-become-malware-attacks/ The cybersecurity industry’s premier podcasts featuring the latest information security news, interviews and information. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:57:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-wire-weekly/when-bios-updates-become-malware-attacks/#comment-40 Jimit Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:56:59 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-wire-weekly/?p=585#comment-40 This is what you get when you allow flashing of the BIOS from inside the operating system. I tried to warn people about this when it was first proposed. We even ran a proof of concept exploit showing that a virus could be attached to a BIOS flashing utility to render the motherboard unusable. And not just on computers either. Your uber-expensive routers - they have BIOS too. THERE WAS A REASON YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FLOPPY AND PHYSICAL ACCESS!!!!!! This is what you get when you allow flashing of the BIOS from inside the operating system. I tried to warn people about this when it was first proposed. We even ran a proof of concept exploit showing that a virus could be attached to a BIOS flashing utility to render the motherboard unusable. And not just on computers either. Your uber-expensive routers - they have BIOS too. THERE WAS A REASON YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FLOPPY AND PHYSICAL ACCESS!!!!!!

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