Thunderstrike 2: World's First Firmware Worm That Infects Mac Computers Without Detection

If you think Apple’s Mac computers are much more secure than Windows-powered systems, you need to think again. This isn’t true, and security researchers have finally proved it. Two security researchers have developed a proof-of-concept computer worm for the first time that can spread automaticall...

Thunderstrike 2 Mac OS X Firmware Worm

A new attack against Intel firmware running in Apple computers is expected to be unveiled at this week’s Black Hat conference. The research is an extension of the Thunderstrike Mac OS X firmware bootkit disclosed this spring that enables the undetectable installation of malicious firmware that...