Researchers find insecure BIOS ‘rootkit’ pre-loaded in laptops
LAS VEGAS — A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus and Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked and controlled by malicious hackers.
The service — called Computrace LoJack for Laptops — contains design vulnerabilities and a lack of strong authentication that [...]
