Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Kaspersky uncovers hacker group that infects hard drive firmware

Kaspersky uncovers hacker group that infects hard drive firmware - A secretive hacking collective that has been active for almost two decades has allegedly been uncovered by Kaspersky Lab. Dubbed the "Equation Group," because of their use of encryption algorithms and obfuscation methods, the hackers are apparently unique in that they created highly-professional tools and used "classic spying techniques" to retrieve data and affect systems used by high-value targets, such as governments, major national organizations, and other political targets ...

(Via MacNN | The Macintosh News Network.)

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