Windows 7 Can Be Hacked, No Fix

[Guest]

So the hacker has to be physically present at the computer and they say it cannot be prevented? Buy a better lock for your door... problem solved!

 

[Guest]

Hmm bios based password protection anyone?password protection anyone?

 

[Spathi]

[citation][nom]Lateralus83[/nom]Hmm bios based password protection anyone?password protection anyone?[/citation]
Reset BIOS on MB. The point of the article is that this might be used to bypass your password as windows is being altered during boot... I don't get how it could decrypt the disk and boot into the OS without a password though... maybe that is what they did.

 

[Guest]

This topic does not take into account security software running on the machine or what level privileges exist, sounds more like a bunch amateurs trying to prove something that would normally never happen unless you or your company are idiots.

 

[Guest]

for all of you that say if a hacker must be physically present to do this - he may as well just take the PC. You're missing the point, this can easily be turned into a boot sector virus, so the hacker just covertly plugs a USB into his work computer and within no time at all the entire network is compromised. Then someone inadvertantly spreads the virus on another network by using an infected USB stick. the zero day cababilities of such a virus are phenomenal, and would have antivirus companies scrambling like never before. Deployed right, this could be huge

 

[Guest]

Although 3KB is quite massive, with todays hardware, flashing the BIOS ROM could prove effective. And could be done solely from remote.