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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Is this real
Date: 14 Jan 2015 14:53:41 GMT
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On 2015-01-14, Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote:
> In article <X_KdnRi6G6epuCnJnZ2dnUU7-RednZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Macs vulnerable to virtually undetectable virus that "can't be removed"
>> Summary:A security researcher has discovered a way to infect Macs with 
>> malware virtually undetectable, that 'can't be removed,' and which can 
>> be installed using a modified Apple gigabit Ethernet Thunderbolt adapter.
>> 
>> http://www.zdnet.com/article/macs-vulnerable-to-virtually-undetectable-vi
>> rus-that-cant-be-removed/
>> 
>>    As best I can tell, someone has to get hold of your Mac, open it up 
>> and do something to the thunderbolt adaptor, put everything back 
>> together and then do it to it. 
>>     Seems even to me, to be hardly worth the time or effort and 
>> definitely not going to do any damage for 99.999999999% of us.
>
> Probably already in use for government espionage.  Hackers won't be far 
> behind.
>
> According to mentioned article, the hack is as simple as plugging in a 
> modified Thunderbolt device and rebooting the computer.  The computer 
> runs ROM code on the Thunderbolt device while booting with no security 
> restrictions.  The Thunderbolt device, at that moment, is free to modify 
> firmware on your computer.  Another article has mentioned that the hack 
> can be extended to spread through other Thunderbolt devices that don't 
> protect their onboard firmware.

My gosh!! Next they'll do the same for USB devices! Oh, wait...

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