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Security researcher says new malware can affect your BIOS; be transmitted via the air |
November 01, 2013
Rip out your computer’s microphone and webcam, turn off your Bluetooth, and put on your tinfoil hats, it’s “super amazing crazy security storytime.”
A noted security researcher says he has found a new type of malware that can affect some of the lowest levels of your machine. Even more surprising, this bit of nasty code could be the first example of an airborne computer virus.
No, I’m not talking about Wi-Fi downloads, but input signals converted into code by your laptop’s microphone. The new malware is dubbed badBIOS by Dragos Ruiu, the security researcher who says he uncovered it.
Ruiu recently told Ars Technica that he’s been tracking down badBIOS for the past three years. Since badBIOS is reportedly a crafty piece of code, all he has right now is a working theory about how the malware works.
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2060360/security-researcher-says-new-malware-can-affect-your-bios-be-transmitted-via-the-air.html#tk.rss_all
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