Researchers crack open malware that hid for 5 years

Re:Researchers crack open malware that hid for 5 years by WalterBright on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @03:12PM (#12264125)

It's an enormously harder problem to convince the customer to push the "update firmware" button on the front panel than it is to insert malware remotely without any action or knowledge on the customer's part.

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Re:Researchers crack open malware that hid for 5 years by Const-me on Thursday August 11, 2016 @02:37PM (#12270636)

It’s enormously easier problem to exploit a well-known remote code execution vulnerability, that’s unpatched because updates are too easy to ignore.

For the end user, it’s extremely easy to NOT push that button.

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