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Re: Modern hw-killing virus feasible
From: Bart <ti () OVERFLOW HRO NL>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:57:03 +0100
Hi, Doesn't seem anything really new. The CIH Virus http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=10300& ) written in 1998 did something like what you are describing. On a set date it tried to flash the bios with garbage, making the infected pc unable to boot. Alot of hardware can probably be killed this way, as a lot of hardware these days have flashable eeprom's. The only problem is is that they have various ways of flashing the eeprom, thus making it (virtually) impossible for a virus to have a generic (flash-)payload for a lot of hardware. Kind Regards, Bart
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: VULN-DEV List [mailto:VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM]Namens Pavel Machek Verzonden: maandag 5 maart 2001 23:34 Aan: VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM Onderwerp: Modern hw-killing virus feasible Hi! Current DVD-regioning system provides *very* easy possibility for virus to render hardware unusable. Current DVD-roms allow setting DVD region for limited number of times. Imagine virus, that switches DVD between japan-region and asia-region as many times as it can. It would leave DVD locked either to japan or asia, effectively making it unusable for european/us citizen. Long time ago, rumors went that it is possible to kill harddrive by software. Then, old monitors could be damaged by software by missprograming them (but damage would take lot of time). Now DVDs provide effective way for software making them unusable. Pretty sad. Pavel -- I'm pavel () ucw cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss () linmodems org
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