[Battlemesh] malware and spyware into hardware

[L. Aaron Kaplan]

On Feb 20, 2015, at 1:33 PM, cmsv <cmsv at wirelesspt.net> wrote:

> Thought about sharing these which might be relevant to have in mind when
> buying hardware
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/17/kaspersky_labs_equation_group/
> 
> https://securelist.com/files/2015/02/Equation_group_questions_and_answers.pdf
> 
> Superfish HTTPS spyware
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-honestly-thought-youd-enjoy-that-superfish-https-spyware/
> 
> 
> 

These articles were barely touching the surface of what is happening... 
I recommend taking a look at UEFI as well as bugs/vulns in CPU microcode. 
There's a lot of fun out there.

a.


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