Rick Moen
2018-09-30 19:35:25 UTC
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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 12:35:10 -0700
From: Rick Moen <***@linuxmafia.com>
To: Duncan MacKinnon <***@humanriver.org>
Cc: Deirdre Saoirse Moen <***@deirdre.net>,
Cheryl Morris <***@uniserve.com>
Subject: Re: Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in
the Wild
Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already.
and complex firmware is a logical hiding place for the bad guys after
root compromise via other means, not just UEFI firmware.
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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 12:35:10 -0700
From: Rick Moen <***@linuxmafia.com>
To: Duncan MacKinnon <***@humanriver.org>
Cc: Deirdre Saoirse Moen <***@deirdre.net>,
Cheryl Morris <***@uniserve.com>
Subject: Re: Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in
the Wild
Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already.
Relevant to those other people not using MAC OS.....
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https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/uefi-rootkit-malware.html?_m=3n.00im.127.gs0ao0cutg.7q
Utterly predictable. But it should be noted that any sufficiently large<
https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/uefi-rootkit-malware.html?_m=3n.00im.127.gs0ao0cutg.7q
and complex firmware is a logical hiding place for the bad guys after
root compromise via other means, not just UEFI firmware.
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