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

Not Bricked

[Anonymous Coward]

WTF? It's not bricked. Simplest example is this little BIOS exploit which will brick anything[wikipedia.org]

Re:Two points about the article's headline.

[urcreepyneighbor]

It's annoying how the word brick has lost all meaning recently. Blame the Apple fanbois and their overpriced, crappy iPhones. Seriously.

brick is the buzzword of today

[Anonymous Coward]

for as much as most slashdorks try to act like they're not part of the buzzword laden world of corporate technology you fucks know how to beat them to death like a prospector's mule.
 
and about 80% of you obviously don't know what most of those buzzwords mean as you use them incorrectly.
 
and you're the same fags who think that you're above joe sixpack. methinks that you guys are just a bunch of star wars geeks who want to appear hip. you fail it. bitches.

Re:Two points about the article's headline.

[heinousjay]

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.

Re:Two points about the article's headline.

[Auz]

No it isn't.