[funsec] the end is nigh, smm exploit, rootkits, etc. all that fun

[Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah]

> > http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39825?netht=rn_031809&nladnam
> > e=031809

Many years ago, I got a contract from a Certain Company What Made Chips And 
Stuff to test a "proof of concept" antiviral system they had built on top of the 
new system management chip they were promoting at the time.  I was able to 
subvert it fairly easily using techniques that viruses were using at the time.  (They 
welched on the contract, so you can actually read my review  :-)

At CanSecWest, we've just had a presentation from a couple of guys who did the 
same type of thing.  Apparently they have had a reasonably pro-active response 
from Intel, so the World May Yet Be Saved.

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