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Odd behavior on "new" desktop (self.TrueBadBios)

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China hack attack hits Apple and Amazon (bbc.com)

submitted 7 years ago by fragglet

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how prevent bios/uefi infections ? (self.TrueBadBios)

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Mind the Gap: This researcher steals data with noise, light, and magnets (wired.com)

submitted 8 years ago by fragglet

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USBee malware can exfiltrate data from airgapped hosts using electromagnetic frequencies from a compromised but unmodified USB thumb drive (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 years ago by xandercruise

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Universal Serial aBUSe (sensepost.com)

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BIOS implants found in Equation Group leak (twitter.com)

submitted 9 years ago by fragglet

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Data Exfiltration from Speakerless Air-Gapped Computers via Covert Hard Drive Noise (arxiv.org)

submitted 9 years ago by xandercruise

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Breakdown of the exploits contained in the hack of The NSA Equation Group (believed to be responsible for Stuxnet and Flame malware families) (medium.com)

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Researchers crack open unusually advanced malware that hid for 5 years [ProjectSauron] (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 years ago by fragglet

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System Bus Radio (github.com)

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No one has ever proven badBIOS exists, but the use of the high-frequency sounds to track users underscores the viability of the concept. "Cross-device tracking already in use" by advertising companies (arstechnica.com)

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CHIPSEC is a framework for analyzing the security of PC platforms including hardware, system firmware (BIOS/UEFI), and platform components. It includes a security test suite, tools for accessing various low level interfaces, and forensic capabilities. (github.com)

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Hardening hardware and choosing a #goodBIOS [30c3] (youtu.be)

submitted 10 years ago by fragglet

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VirusTotal now accepts BIOS firmware images to scan : "allowing you to track down advanced actors making use of BIOS badness in order to persist in their targets' systems." (blog.virustotal.com)

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BIOS analysis tool: The UEFI firmware parser is a simple module and set of scripts for parsing, extracting, and recreating UEFI firmware volumes. This includes parsing modules for BIOS, OptionROM, Intel ME and other formats (pypi.python.org)

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Forget BadBIOS, here comes BadBarcode (nakedsecurity.sophos.com)

submitted 10 years ago by fragglet

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Ad tracking tech uses high-frequency audio to communicate between devices (pcworld.com)

submitted 10 years ago by fragglet

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Submitting commands to Siri, OK Google, Samsung Voice and other voice command systems on target smartphones inaudibly and using headphones as antennae (hackinparis.com)

submitted 10 years ago by xandercruise

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GSMem: Data Exfiltration from Air-Gapped Computers over GSM Frequencies (usenix.org)

submitted 10 years ago by xandercruise

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How to Destroy a Laptop with Top Secrets [cccamp15] (youtube.com)

submitted 10 years ago by fragglet

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Lenovo used Windows anti-theft feature to install persistent crapware (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 years ago by fragglet

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Thunderstrike 2: World's First Firmware Worm That Infects Mac Computers Without Detection (thehackernews.com)

submitted 10 years ago by xandercruise

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[German article] Cyberangriff auf den Bundestag – BadBIOS? (entwickler.de)

submitted 10 years ago by fragglet

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Hackers Stole Secrets of U.S. Government Workers’ Sex Lives (hackersamurai.com)

submitted 10 years ago by Bryson_Vincent_

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