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Title: Nasty Mac vulnerability allows remote attack, survives OS X reinstallation & even drive format Post by: HCK on June 02, 2015, 09:00:15 pm Nasty Mac vulnerability allows remote attack, survives OS X reinstallation & even drive format
A serious vulnerability in Macs more than a year old would allow an attacker to take permanent control of the machine, retaining control even if the user reinstals OS X or reformats the drive. The vulnerability was discovered by security researcher Pedro Vilaca, who found a way to reflash the BIOS – code stored in flash memory, not […]<img alt="" border="0" src="(http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=382546&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> Source: Nasty Mac vulnerability allows remote attack, survives OS X reinstallation & even drive format (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/LnjsJ_nA_x4/) |