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Destroying your hard drive is the only way to stop this super-advanced malware
superboyac:
Is this the sort of thing UEFI can protect against?
Stoic Joker:
Is this the sort of thing UEFI can protect against?-superboyac (February 18, 2015, 03:11 PM)
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No.
SeraphimLabs:
There is no defense against this.
Its like a rootkit- that once it gets into your hard drive the only way out is to replace the drive controller with a known-good version and then very carefully salvage data without letting the virus be reactivated.
Hackers may have gone too far with this.
Fortunately its not something a casual hacker could do. You would have to use a special operating system or embedded system debugging tools to access the drive at the lowest possible levels to create the malware, and then have the task of delivering it to the target to infect the new hard drive without the OS noticing.
x16wda:
the task of delivering it to the target to infect the new hard drive without the OS noticing
-SeraphimLabs (February 18, 2015, 03:33 PM)
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like... packaging it as a critical update from the drive manufacturer... which we regularly install on customer equipment...
Curt:
"It seems Uhuru was able to detect the new malwares from the Equation Group"-Giampy (February 18, 2015, 02:26 PM)
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At first this Uhuru sounds fine:
Uhuru anti-malware designed for companies or public entities is now available either through direct contact with Nov'IT or via the French UGAP catalog.
A free version designed for individuals will be offered in 2015
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but then they add this paragraph:
For the release of Uhuru anti-malware, Nov'IT makes a special offer designed for compagnies or public entities.
The offer includes a life-time license (minor software updates, major software upgrades, current or future releases).
This is a special and unique offer.
Minimum order size: 50,000 licenses.
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^ eh... the beginning is good, isn't it: "lifetime keys". Wow!
but then they go on, don't they: "purchase and install at least 50,000 copies of our unknown software"?
Didn't a lot of "creative" Russians move to France? I am not sure if I dare to trust this Uhuru!
Well, I know nothing. Uhuru may be fine and just what the Doctor ordered.
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