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Thunderbolt Rootkit Vector

Posted by Soulskill on from the like-USB-but-better dept.

New submitter Holi sends this news from PC World: Attackers can infect MacBook computers with highly persistent boot rootkits by connecting malicious devices to them over the Thunderbolt interface. The attack, dubbed Thunderstrike, installs malicious code in a MacBook's boot ROM (read-only memory), which is stored in a chip on the motherboard. It was devised by a security researcher named Trammell Hudson based on a two-year old vulnerability and will be demonstrated next week at the 31st Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg.

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  1. So if you get hit by this attack, have you been... by exabrial · · Score: 3, Funny

    So if you get hit by this attack, have you been... Thunderstruck?? /me shows self to door