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Re:Mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps? by RazorOfOccam on Thursday October 31, 2013 @01:45PM (#6648357)
For what it's worth, he has dumped several files, including the ME firmware, which have all been found to be clean by experts.

https://twitter.com/esizkur/status/389226368514289664

https://twitter.com/0x0000EBFE/status/394216393282830336

He doesn't even have a way to test whether or not a machine is "infected". He claims that it's based on problems booting from a CD and/or hearing audio interference. Extremely dubious.

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Re:Mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps? by sillysaurus2 on Thursday October 31, 2013 @02:05PM (#6648505)
How were the dumps created? Is it true that if you control the firmware, then you control what those dumps look like? If so, then the virus could be sending a decoy image whenever it detects someone's trying to dump the firmware.
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