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root kits in SMM mode
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Mon May 12 12:00:15 2008
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 07:37:37 -0400
I'd been wondering for years when someone would set malware up to run
in systems management mode on x86 processors. Now someone has done it:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145703/hackers_find_a_new_place_to_hide_rootkits.html
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