On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Alex Eckelberry wrote: > http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39825?netht=rn_031809&nladnam > e=031809 > > > > This is the scariest, stealthiest, and most dangerous rootkit I've seen > come around since the legendary Blue Pill > <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18197> ! No, I'm not just > trying to sensationalize this or spread fear, uncertainty and doubt. > This is serious and represents a massive new security threat for us all. > > Security Researchers Joanna Rutkowska > <http://www.blogger.com/profile/07657268181166351141> and Loic Duflot > are planning to release a research paper + exploit code for a new SMM > (System Management Mode) rootkit that installs via an Intel(r) CPU > caching vulnerability. Joanna, of blue pill fame, > <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18197> reported this on her > blog
At least I won't have to listen to a blue pill lecture ever again. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
