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Re: Can't trust EFI

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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:

> http://www.pcworld.com/article/3179348/security/after-cia-leak-intel-security-releases-detection-tool-for-efi-rootkits.html
>
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> Intel Security has released a tool that allows users to check if
>  their computer's low-level system firmware has been modified and
>  contains unauthorized code.
>
> The release comes after CIA documents leaked Tuesday revealed that
>  the agency has developed EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface)
>  rootkits for Apple's Macbooks. A rootkit is a malicious program
>  that runs with high privileges -- typically in the kernel -- and
>  hides the existence of other malicious components and
>  activities.

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