Archive for August 6th, 2008

SMM Rootkit limitations. (and how to defeat it :-))

August - 6 - 2008
Posted by Matthieu Suiche
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Today (I mean meanwhile :-)) at Blackhat US 2008, Shawn Embleton and Sherri Sparks presented their research concerning the CleanHatConsulting SMM Rootkit. * The first and main limitation concerns the D_LCK bit. BIOS Vendors enables this bit for some years (maybe like 2/3 years), few times after Loic Duflot first lecture. It means that “new  [ Read More ]

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