I give up

[ZZ-Tops89]

http://threatpost.com/blogs/researchers-unveil-persistent-bios-attack-methods

at the point when hackers can put out persistent attacks on my OS I might as well just throw out my computer because it's only a matter of time before bad hackers get access to this stuff. Sure it's just researchers right now, but now that people know BIOS-level attacks can be made, it's only a matter of time before a. the code gets leaked or b. someone else figures it out and suddenly can kill all of our computers. Any thoughts?

 

[manicfoot]

That is really scary. I just spent £14000 on a new PC as well =/ I'll have to turn it off and unplug it whenever I'm not using it. They can't destroy my PC when its off right!?

 

[Jabbawocky]

That is really scary. I just spent £14000 on a new PC as well =/ I'll have to turn it off and unplug it whenever I'm not using it. They can't destroy my PC when its off right!?

They turn in back on? I mean all it said was they need pysical access or root privledges.

 

[ZZ-Tops89]

In hindsight I might be overreacting since the article does state there are some limits on this, like having to either get physical access to the computer or being able to get administrator privileges. This does check the threat somewhat. Also there's going to be a huge drive to figure out a way to stop this threat; the hacks were shown off at a Security Convention and now the whole programming community knows this is a threat.

 

[ZZ-Tops89]

That is really scary. I just spent £14000 on a new PC as well =/ I'll have to turn it off and unplug it whenever I'm not using it. They can't destroy my PC when its off right!?

They turn in back on? I mean all it said was they need pysical access or root privledges.

right, physical access alone means getting at your computer, and root privileges are also kind of hard to work around. I'm not too scared.

 

[rossatdi]

That is really scary. I just spent £14000 on a new PC as well =/ I'll have to turn it off and unplug it whenever I'm not using it. They can't destroy my PC when its off right!?

You mean £1400 right? A £14000 computer would surely be able hunt down the hackers and kill them.

 

[leeloodallasmultipass]

if someone really wants (and has the expertise to do so) to get into your computer, they are going to do it reguardless. Just keep up you security, be sensible and becareful with your trust accepting downloads etc. its the most you can do. Its luck of the draw if you get one of these viruses these days. so i wouldnt fret about it. keep backups of everything and hope they find a solution to this avenue of attack, that saying its limited to physical attack, but still one dodgy usb drive from a friend can be the downfall of everything

 

[Archemetis]

That is really scary. I just spent £14000 on a new PC as well =/ I'll have to turn it off and unplug it whenever I'm not using it. They can't destroy my PC when its off right!?

You mean £1400 right? A £14000 computer would surely be able hunt down the hackers and kill them.

For that much money the damn thing better transform and roll out...

 

[Captain Blackout]

I've spent years working in the computer science field doing both the hardware and software sides. I pretty much crapped my pants. Right now this thing is like AIDS: Hard to catch but deadly as fuck if you get it. While the tech community is working on a fix the hackers are working on new toys. So when they modify this thing it won't be AIDS anymore. More like the Andromeda Strain. Or Captain Trips. (Cookie to the first who gets both references without any help.)

 

[manicfoot]

That is really scary. I just spent £14000 on a new PC as well =/ I'll have to turn it off and unplug it whenever I'm not using it. They can't destroy my PC when its off right!?

You mean £1400 right? A £14000 computer would surely be able hunt down the hackers and kill them.

Haha yes I did. My bad!

 

[rossatdi]

That is really scary. I just spent £14000 on a new PC as well =/ I'll have to turn it off and unplug it whenever I'm not using it. They can't destroy my PC when its off right!?

You mean £1400 right? A £14000 computer would surely be able hunt down the hackers and kill them.

For that much money the damn thing better transform and roll out...

Megatron Hackers must be stopped, no matter the cost.

 

[Simriel]

That is really scary. I just spent £14000 on a new PC as well =/ I'll have to turn it off and unplug it whenever I'm not using it. They can't destroy my PC when its off right!?

You mean £1400 right? A £14000 computer would surely be able hunt down the hackers and kill them.

For that much money the damn thing better transform and roll out...

That line deserves a cookie *hands cookie*

 

[Teh Ty]

And that's why I have a Mac.

 

[rebus_forever]

lol

 

[TheMatt]

And that's why I have a Mac.

Yes, because nothing will be more fun then watching all your mates play Starcraft 2 on a PC while you make trendy videos about how awesome the mac culture is.

 

[theklng]

And that's why I have a Mac.

there's a bios in every computer, be it running mac, linux, windows or anything else. i would drop the smug attitude, because this means macs have become more vulnerable. chances are that you're of those types who wouldn't know that you've been tricked before it's too late.

 

[ad3m1]

And that's why I have a Mac.

Yes, because nothing will be more fun then watching all your mates play Starcraft 2 on a PC while you make trendy videos about how awesome the mac culture is.

Because Starcraft 2 isn't coming to mac... oh wait...

 

[Splyth]

if someone really wants (and has the expertise to do so) to get into your computer, they are going to do it reguardless. Just keep up you security, be sensible and becareful with your trust accepting downloads etc. its the most you can do. Its luck of the draw if you get one of these viruses these days. so i wouldnt fret about it. keep backups of everything and hope they find a solution to this avenue of attack, that saying its limited to physical attack

agreed. but for the most part hackers are like pickpockets. they're after easy marks. They are not going to waste time trying to hack into a more secure computer when they can look around and find a person who is running with little or no protection. Basically just make yourself less of a target by getting good virus blockers and the like.

 

[Abedeus]

And that's why I have a Mac.

Yes, because nothing will be more fun then watching all your mates play Starcraft 2 on a PC while you make trendy videos about how awesome the mac culture is.

Because Starcraft 2 isn't coming to mac... oh wait...

Okay, then how about you play Crysis or FEAR 2 or Far Cry 2 on Mac.

Oh, sorry, YOU CAN'T. But you can make a nice video about how you can do anything on your Mac that you can on a PC. Except that you can't.


Also, Macs also get targeted by hackers. It's just that more people use Windows, so people focus on hacking that OS.

 

[ad3m1]

And that's why I have a Mac.

Yes, because nothing will be more fun then watching all your mates play Starcraft 2 on a PC while you make trendy videos about how awesome the mac culture is.

Because Starcraft 2 isn't coming to mac... oh wait...

Okay, then how about you play Crysis or FEAR 2 or Far Cry 2 on Mac.

Oh, sorry, YOU CAN'T. But you can make a nice video about how you can do anything on your Mac that you can on a PC. Except that you can't.


Also, Macs also get targeted by hackers. It's just that more people use Windows, so people focus on hacking that OS.

Oh- but I can bootcamp my mac to play those things (As I have done. And it works wonders. Oh the power of using a machine wisely).

So I can get the best of both worlds. Play Crysis, Fear, Far Cry, ETC - and then switch over to the mac and make awesome videos about how people make horribly ignorant posts- thinking their more important than they really are so they can feed their E-Peen. Its an amazing thing!