Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoYou think ransomware is bad? Wait until it infects CPUswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workspulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkYou think ransomware is bad? Wait until it infects CPUswww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square3linkfedilinkcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workspulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoI can’t speak for the details, but I know for sure you can load malicious firmware that cannot be cleared by the OS. https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/malware/bootkits/ From my understanding bootkits are just one example. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoThis article is about UEFI rootkits, not malicious CPU microcode firmware.
I can’t speak for the details, but I know for sure you can load malicious firmware that cannot be cleared by the OS.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/malware/bootkits/
From my understanding bootkits are just one example.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
This article is about UEFI rootkits, not malicious CPU microcode firmware.