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Researcher Exploits 18-Year-Old Design Flaw To Compromise X86 Chips
jfruh writes: Security researcher Christopher Domas has demonstrated a method of installing a rootkit in a PC's firmware that exploits a feature built into every x86 chip manufactured since 1997. The rootkit infects the processor's System Management Mode, and could be used to wipe the UEFI or even to re-infect the OS after a clean install. Protection features like Secure Boot wouldnt help, because they too rely on the SMM to be secure.
I use Alpha 21264 you insensitive clod!
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everybody knows who originally requested it.
Bush? Obama?
It is unwise to ascribe motive
Obama is Bush - he is just wearing a mask
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Hmm 18 years. That would be Clinton. But then math was never my strong point I am a republican after all.
That's what I get for scrolling through the headlines too fast--I see "One Night in the Hotel Room of the Future, Researcher Exploits 18-Year-Old"...
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everybody knows who originally requested it.
Bush? Obama?
Clinton was President from 1993 to 2001. It might have been her husband.
> so it could effect amd computers back to 2005 ish. does that even sound right?
No, you misspelled affect