Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYou think ransomware is bad? Wait until it infects CPUswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkYou think ransomware is bad? Wait until it infects CPUswww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI can’t speak for the details, but I know for sure you can load malicious firmware that cannot be cleared by the OS. https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/malware/bootkits/ From my understanding bootkits are just one example. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThis article is about UEFI rootkits, not malicious CPU microcode firmware.
I can’t speak for the details, but I know for sure you can load malicious firmware that cannot be cleared by the OS.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/malware/bootkits/
From my understanding bootkits are just one example.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
This article is about UEFI rootkits, not malicious CPU microcode firmware.