New exploit leaves most Macs vulnerable to permanent backdooring

[Kent Sharkey]

Ars Technica[^]:

Hack allows firmware to be rewritten right after older Macs awake from sleep.

"Macs don't get viruses"

[M dHatter]

Not really a mac just a bios attack. Everything that is made can be unmade

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[Rob Grainger]

Not really a BIOS attack, just an EFI attack ;-)

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.