[PSA/Article] BIOS Virus Beats Your OPSEC

http://www.vcpost.com/articles/52044/20150325/lighteater-malware-virus-attacks-exposes-units-unpatched-bios.htm

Edit: "So you think you're doing OPSEC right, right? You're going to crazy lengths to protect yourself, reinstalling your main OS every month, or using a privacy-conscious live DVD like TAILS. Guess what? BIOS malware doesn't care! BIOS malware doesn't give a shit!"

Discuss.


Comments


[3 Points] jadedsynk:

Gigabyte, Acer, MSI , HP, and Asus are the computers which may be affected by this virus and whose mother boards are being attacked by the said LightEater Virus.

So my shitty ASrock mobo finally gets the upper hand.


[1 Points] wfordthrow:

For reference, the presentation mentioned can be found at: http://legbacore.com/Research_files/HowManyMillionBIOSWouldYouLikeToInfect_Full.pdf


[1 Points] d4nk1st:

uninitialized gpu vram defeats your opsec without having to infect your bios

https://hsmr.cc/palinopsia/ http://blog.lxgr.net/posts/2013/05/20/uninitialized-buffers-in-opengl/