All this talk of rootkits, but little about BIOS viruses.
I have a scary scenario for y'all.
A virus that spreads over networks, stays quiet until a certain date/time GMT and then BOOM wipes the BIOS of hundreds of thousands of Windows boxes around the world in one fell swoop.
Can you spell "Black Screen of Death"?
Does anyone remember the Chernobyl virus? It worked on a good number of BIOSes, even though it was poorly written. Imagine if someone took the time to do it right.
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All this talk of rootkits, but little about BIOS viruses.
I have a scary scenario for y'all.
A virus that spreads over networks, stays quiet until a certain date/time GMT and then BOOM wipes the BIOS of hundreds of thousands of Windows boxes around the world in one fell swoop.
Can you spell "Black Screen of Death"?
Does anyone remember the Chernobyl virus? It worked on a good number of BIOSes, even though it was poorly written. Imagine if someone took the time to do it right.