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Exploit Found to Brick Most HP and Compaq Laptops
Ian Lamont writes "A security researcher calling himself porkythepig has published attack code that can supposedly brick most HP and Compaq laptops. The exploit uses an ActiveX control in HP's Software Update. It would 'let an attacker corrupt Windows' kernel files, making the laptop unbootable, or with a little more effort, allow hacks that would result in a PC hijack or malware infection.' The same researcher last week outlined a batch of additional vulnerabilities in HP and Compaq laptops, for which HP later issued patches."
there's a patch available, but it involves penguins ;-)
If it did, then Windows would be considered self-bricking.
Did anybody mention that they used "bricked" incorrectly?
I beg to differ. I've seen bricks used as paperweights, doorstops, melee weapons, missiles, jackstands, stepping stools, water-saving devices, exercise equipment, depth probes, counterweights, tourist attractions, ballast, keyless entry devices, cookware, heating elements, hammers...
I will not have you slandering the name of the noble and versatile brick!
I'm waiting for a "-1 somepeoplejustshouldn'tgetmodprivileges" meta-moderation.
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
Slashdot has editors?!
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Block all Active-X controls,
No Javashitting in my browser,
Lame-ass spammers, lick my hole,
HEY! CRACKERS!, face the fire-wall!
> All in all, it was just a brick in the wall. (Guitar solo singing Fixed-it-for-you)
All in all, a pack-et, blocked by my fire-wall.