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Title: Security researchers build on PC vulnerabilities to create first firmware-based Mac worm Post by: HCK on August 04, 2015, 03:00:18 am Security researchers build on PC vulnerabilities to create first firmware-based Mac worm
While Apple generally puts a lot of effort into making sure that Macs remain virus-free and secure, a duo of researchers, Xeno Kovah and Trammell Hudson, have discovered that many PC firmware vulnerabilities also affect Macs, leaving Apple’s hardware open to attacks on the firmware that can survive OS X reinstallation and system wipes. In […]<img alt="" border="0" src="(http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=391246&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> Source: Security researchers build on PC vulnerabilities to create first firmware-based Mac worm (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/tH_2sptTkzI/) |