Last edited by CAT-THE-FIFTH; 04-11-2013 at 12:50 AM.
Another view on why it might not be down to the BIOS:
http://www.rootwyrm.com/2013/11/the-...ysis-is-wrong/
http://www.overclock.net/t/1438546/a...#post_21118072
Wow, I will go and get my tinfoil hat.
I would expect such a worm to only be able to target very specific devices, may be even just a specific revision of a device.
Is it possible that the guy has overdosed on caffeine or is just trying to get on the front pages?
Mind you, we live in a world in which a laser printer can be remotely re-programmed to turn itself into a incendiary device or have it monitor printed documents for text patterns and then forward them to a 3rd party via its network connection.
The only limit to a piece of malware is the imagination and expertise of the person writing it.
Last edited by SUMMONER; 04-11-2013 at 06:43 AM.
Interesting' but I don't think I will be panicking until the findings have been peer-reviewed and independently verified by at least two labs/investigators
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I voted on the Ars poll before 'plausible but unlikely' or whatever the option was.
Sounds a bit too good to only be affecting his machines, the comments are telling and are along the lines of "you're using an infected USB stick, gee I wonder why it keeps coming back"
*shrug* picked this up through TDWTF google+ page a few days ago. Seems unlikely to be a hoax, given the guys reputation. I wondered if it's a another security expert playing games (could explain why it's only infected him), but it's all going to be speculation until we get some peer reviews. it sounds like it's got too much proof of concept code in it to be anything other than experimental - perhaps one of his staff got creative and hasn't had the guts to admit it?
Or maybe, just maybe, the internet has become sentient - and it turns out <wheaton>the internet's a dick</wheaton>....?
I have to say that I love this line, though I'd obviously assume that their meaning for the wording isn't the same as what it came across as to me.
While SUMMONER raises an interesting point, I have to agree with peterb and Rob_B on this.Originally Posted by Ars
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