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Title: Apple vulnerability could allow firmware modifications in older Macs, researcher says Post by: HCK on June 02, 2015, 09:00:11 am Apple vulnerability could allow firmware modifications in older Macs, researcher says
<article> <section class="page"> <p>A zero-day software vulnerability in the firmware of older Apple computers could be used to slip hard-to-remove malware onto a computer, according to a security researcher.</p><p>Pedro Vilaca, who studies Mac security, wrote on his blog (https://reverse.put.as/2015/05/29/the-empire-strikes-back-apple-how-your-mac-firmware-security-is-completely-broken/) that the flaw he found builds on previous ones but this one could be far more dangerous. Apple officials could not be immediately reached for comment.</p><p>Vilaca found it was possible to tamper with an Apple computer’s UEFI (unified extensible firmware interface). UEFI is firmware designed to improve upon BIOS, which is low-level code that bridges a computer’s hardware and operating system at startup.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2929172/apple-vulnerability-could-allow-firmware-modifications-researcher-says.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple vulnerability could allow firmware modifications in older Macs, researcher says (http://www.macworld.com/article/2929172/apple-vulnerability-could-allow-firmware-modifications-researcher-says.html#tk.rss_all) |