Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs
Date	2015-08-04 16:43 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-08-04, billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
> http://www.wired.com/2015/08/researchers-create-first-firmware-worm-attacks-macs/
>
>| THE COMMON WISDOM when it comes to PCs and Apple computers is
>| that the latter are much more secure.  Particularly when it comes
>| to firmware, people have assumed that Apple systems are locked down
>| in ways that PCs aren't.
>|
>| It turns out this isn't true.  [...]

Wrong. That ain't "wisdom". On the contrary, it's quite foolish.

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Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs billy@MIX.COM - 2015-08-04 13:28 +0000
  Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-08-04 09:54 -0400
    Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Jerry Bishop <jerry.bishop@nowhere.nohow.com> - 2015-08-04 10:24 -0400
      Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-08-04 10:54 -0400
        Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Jerry Bishop <jerry.bishop@nowhere.nohow.com> - 2015-08-04 13:15 -0400
          Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-04 13:24 -0400
            Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Jerry Bishop <jerry.bishop@nowhere.nohow.com> - 2015-08-04 14:04 -0400
              Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-08-07 12:49 -0700
          Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-04 11:26 -0700
          Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-08-07 12:47 -0700
      Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-08-04 23:20 -0400
      Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-08-07 12:42 -0700
        Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-08-07 13:37 -0700
          Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-08 10:32 +1200
        Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-07 15:17 -0700
    Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-08-04 10:55 -0700
      Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-05 08:34 -0700
  Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-04 16:43 +0000
  Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-04 16:46 +0000

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