badBIOS Malware

wes allenwes allen Member Posts: 540 ■■■■■□□□□□
Anyone else following this unfolding story?

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  • --chris----chris-- Member Posts: 1,518 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Like scifi.

    Ultra sonic packet transmission?
  • ratbuddyratbuddy Member Posts: 665
    He says they reflashed the BIOS of affected machines, but who's to say the infected BIOS doesn't just spoof success to the flash util..
  • --chris----chris-- Member Posts: 1,518 ■■■■■□□□□□
    @=ratbuddy
    Possible.

    Id like to believe in Ultra sonic packet transmission though. It just sounds cooler.
  • ratbuddyratbuddy Member Posts: 665
    Ever pick up the phone while someone was on the line with a modem? Just raise the frequencies and put it on speakerphone, and there you go. Easy stuff.
  • BalantineBalantine Member Posts: 77 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Not so easy if the comm is spread out over long periods of time.

    I have a lot of questions about the details in this story. Nice entertainment...freaky fah sure.
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  • ratbuddyratbuddy Member Posts: 665
    Pure entertainment. If the machines really are communicating through audio, it stands to reason that any similar computer has a microphone which could monitor such communications. This guy needs to put up or shut up :)
  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    The guy is putting the information out there from what I read, it doesn't sound like he is hiding anything.

    The story makes me want to throw my computer in a hole in the ground j/k.
  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Curious to see how this pans out. I can see how it would work via speakers/mic but how it's nesting itself in he BIOS - I'm just not sure.
  • the_Grinchthe_Grinch Member Posts: 4,165 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Read a few articles on this just this morning. Personally, I'm a little doubtful on the ultrasonic being used, but it's possible. Interested to see how it all pans out and to see a third party come in to do some testing.
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  • colemiccolemic Member Posts: 1,569 ■■■■■■■□□□
    I find it interesting as well... will have to follow up in a couple of weeks to see where it stands.
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  • gorebrushgorebrush Member Posts: 2,743 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Interesting and a lot of it is quite easily feasible but some parts of it just scream BS to me.

    Which makes me rather unsure as to the whole stories authenticity.
  • the_Grinchthe_Grinch Member Posts: 4,165 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Motivation is the biggest cause for alarm since there is a lack of it in this case. Everything happens for a reason and here you don't see it (at least not clearly). Why use something so advanced on this guy? Should be noted though, usually Americans use the USB infection method.
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  • YFZbluYFZblu Member Posts: 1,462 ■■■■■■■■□□
  • --chris----chris-- Member Posts: 1,518 ■■■■■□□□□□
    YFZblu wrote: »

    Just came here to post this. Its pretty damning, except I had never seen nor heard of RootWyrm before this either...so who knows.

    @YZFblu
    Are you on /r/netsec?
  • YFZbluYFZblu Member Posts: 1,462 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I browse /r/netsec, but I've never posted
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