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Rakshasa, is it possible design the perfect hardware backdoor?

Malware ‘Rakshasa’ is hard to detect, impossible to remove, says researcher Jonathan Brossard. Malware infects the hosts BIOS takes advantage of a potentially vulnerable aspect of traditional computer architecture. The name is the same of a mythological demon or evil spirit of Hinduism, famous for the ability to change appearance and do magic, exactly as the malware does with its victims. The malware is able to compromise more than a hundred of different motherboards.”]

Source: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/7786/hacking/rakshasa-is-it-possible-design-the-perfect-hardware-backdoor.html

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