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."

Comments

Re:Two points about the article's headline.

[Beastmouth]

Apple switched to Intel chips, remember? Some people like to work around things; some people thinks what Steve Jobs doesn't know won't hurt them. ;)

Re:Two points about the article's headline.

[MarsDefenseMinister]

That's pretty ironic, since firefox bricked on me while reading this article. I had to double click the Firefox icon thingy to unbrick it and continue browsing.