New bios malware attempts to infect

New bios malware

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By Dimitri Reijerman , 1:19 p.m. Sunday, September 11, 2011, views: 42,321

Security company Symantec has discovered new malware malicious code on a theater company of the award places. The so-called Trojan.Mebromi has developed a model that tactic, especially in the nineties was applied.

According to Symantec, the malware using a simple utility an Award BIOS flashing. This makes it possible to code for Trojan.Mebromi places in the master boot record after the malware is able to infect various components of Windows. The Trojan then attempts to steal data such as passwords and credit card information. Bios chips from other manufacturers by the malware would be left alone.

The attack method of the trojan is remarkable, because manipulating the cinema for a long time not being used by malware authors. In 1999, knew the so-called Chernobyl virus, also known as CIH , even thousands of PCs unusable by overwriting the BIOS.Also by the Chernobyl virus, the first sector of the hard drive destroyed.