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Exploit Found to Brick Most HP and Compaq Laptops

Posted by Soulskill on from the cool-looking-paperweight dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Two points about the article's headline. by urcreepyneighbor · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's annoying how the word brick has lost all meaning recently. Blame the Apple fanbois and their overpriced, crappy iPhones. Seriously.
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  2. Re:Two points about the article's headline. by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not that it's as politically astute, but "Gored" would sound much better. Unfortunately that can only be applied in cases of extreme hypocrisy, like flying around in a jet to tell people to stop producing so much CO2.

    Yes, yes, mod me down. I don't mind, really.

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  3. Re:Two points about the article's headline. by Auz · · Score: 0, Troll

    No it isn't.

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