This is intriguing. I don't use it but have considered it.
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Insecure BIOS `Rootkit´ Found Pre-loaded In Major Manufacturers Laptops
| CyberInsecure.com
A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by
HP, Dell, Lenovo,
The security devil is all in the details.
Just ask MSFT about a misplaced ampersand.
This kind of exposure is good - it forces vendors (and savvy users) to
pay close attention to those details.
I doubt this one is fixable, but that doesn't mean it's not a usable
piece of software. This one is
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From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com]
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Computrace LoJack for Laptops called insecure rootkit
This is intriguing. I don't use it but have considered it.
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, 2009 3:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Computrace LoJack for Laptops called insecure rootkit
The security devil is all in the details.
Just ask MSFT about a misplaced ampersand.
This kind of exposure is good - it forces vendors (and savvy users) to
pay close attention to those
BTW - I have to wonder if the OSS competitor is also vulnerable to
this kind of attack - I'll bet it is:
http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:26, Angus Scott-Flemingangu...@geoapps.com wrote:
This is intriguing. I don't use it but have considered it.
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Maybe - but it doesn't look like Adeona is functional at the moment...
- Andy O.
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Computrace LoJack for Laptops called insecure rootkit
BTW - I
[mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Computrace LoJack for Laptops called insecure rootkit
BTW - I have to wonder if the OSS competitor is also vulnerable to
this kind of attack - I'll bet it is:
http://adeona.cs.washington.edu
