Monday, December 14, 2009



Remote Attack Could Damage Systems Hardware Beyond Repair

An attack, demonstrated by Rich Smith from HP Systems Security Lab at the EUSecWest security conference in London, showed that embedded systems hardware can be damaged beyond repair. The attack could be carried out remotely over the internet.

The attack was demonstrated for the first time in London on Wednesday and was called by Smith “permanent denial of service”. The attack thrashes systems by abusing firmware update mechanisms and if successful, the so-called “phlashing” attack would force victims to replace systems and cause financial damage.

# posted by intcoex : 12:22 AM




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