Test of BIOS Spyware

Dave Howe DaveHowe at gmx.co.uk
Wed Oct 15 05:46:23 EDT 2003


Ralf-P. Weinmann wrote:
> This is *NOT* the interesting part. The interesting part is the
> payload it is to deliver. The claim "This enables the software to spy
> on the user and remain hidden to the operating system." rather
> interests me. How do they achieve this in an OS-agnostic fashion?
They won't even try - I am under the impression this is for use as a
"black bag" job, possibly even remotely; they can target the machine with
a specific update for the currently running OS.

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