Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops

Hi
Interesting read…

“LAS VEGAS — A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on
notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus and
Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked and
controlled by malicious hackers…”

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3828


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