This paper describes an attack on the Intel SMM (System Management Module). This is a very low level attack, and therefore would be able to circumvent almost all common software defences, and some that rely on hardware, as well.
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18 July 2009
System Management Module Attack
Posted by Rob Slade on 18 July 2009 at 05:59 PM in Cybersecurity Training, Malware, Operations Security | Permalink
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