Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems

Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by dboreham on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:10PM (#25472072)

Then run on an airgapped computer with custom firmware in its hard drives.

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by jrockway on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:14PM (#25472129)

I think I saw an article here that says that a few times per century, a star explodes in a distant galaxy and the resulting radiation can interact with a spinning hard drive in such a way as to allow Facebook to enhance their ad targeting profile on you. So no spinning hard drives, please.

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by kazinator on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:23PM (#25472227)

Airgapped? That's easy; get a Windows laptop and wait for the Wi-Fi to fuck up.

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by qz2 on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:41PM (#25472400)

That actually made me laugh out loud because I can’t get the T495s I am trying to sell to talk to my wifi at the moment.

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by jasonhansel on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:20PM (#25472193)

And make sure to keep it in a sound-proof room to avoid side channel attacks.

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by hmottestad on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:22PM (#25472210)

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by salawat on Friday December 18, 2020 @05:55PM (#25473089)

Nope. You just exposed yourself to compromise by seismograph. The Geologists know what you're up to.

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by bloaf on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:20PM (#25472195)

Just delete the network firmware and forget to rewrite it.

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by glial on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:34PM (#25472349)

Inside a faraday cage to prevent RAM from emitting radio waves.

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by chenning on Friday December 18, 2020 @05:16PM (#25472754)

https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.02700

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Re:Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems by iJohnDoe on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:58AM (#25475682)

That custom hard drive firmware is an NSA developed APT.

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