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Rootkit Could Hide In PCI Cards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the or-under-the-bed dept.

Reverse Gear writes "SecurityFocus has an interesting article about a paper published on the possibility of hiding a rootkit in different PCI cards and having the rootkit survive a reboot or cleansing of the hard disk. It seems though that the author of the article doesn't think this would be abused frequently. From the article and paper: '(Because) enough people do not regularly apply security patches to Windows and do not run anti-virus software, there is little immediate need for malware authors to turn to these techniques as a means of deeper compromise.'"

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  1. Sony by Peturbed · · Score: 3, Funny

    How long before this is in the drm?

  2. Really by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    there is little immediate need for malware authors to turn to these techniques as a means of deeper compromise.

    Are you sure? I was at Best Buy, and I could swear that all the CDs for Sony-signed artists had a free NIC included.

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  3. This is a serious problem... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It won't be long before the market is flooded root-kit infected ISA cards.

  4. Rootkit Could Hide in Your Pants by whoop · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only way to protect yourself from the future is to stop wear pants!!! NOW!!! ... theoretically at least. I read it somewhere I think.

  5. Computers are at their hearts.... by goombah99 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....general purpose voting machines.

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  6. Evilution by empaler · · Score: 2, Funny

    Me no likey laxey grammar, but laxey make modern language from old language. Otherwise language stale and stop grow. No good for noone.

  7. Re:I disagree on this remark: by XMyth · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes...infact I'm browsing your music collection now. It sucks.