Create a malicious virus for Macs – Terra Peru

If you thought that by having a Mac you be shielded from viruses, you’re wrong, but now much more, because a group of US computer has developed a virus that can affect the security of Apple computers even when they disconnected from the Internet.

This misplay is achieved using an external device or email, have called “firmware worm or worm” Thunderstrike 2, which could penetrate the security of a Mac after one as simple as connecting a mobile phone or tablet in one of the USB ports operation.

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Through this worm, Apple computers may be attacked and controlled, reports Wired website specializing in technology.

The new virus is capable of infecting the BIOS from a Mac and can not be removed by reinstalling the operating system. Even when you remove the hard drive of the computer it is replaced.

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This vulnerability could be exploited to infect machines worldwide from infected ethernet adapters sell on sites like eBay, or by intercepting a shipment of accessories from a factory.

Presentation of the virus

The Thunderstrike 2 was created by LegbaCore and Two Sigma Investments, two security companies whose employees will present the virus in the Black Hat security conference to be held in Las Vegas, USA, on Thursday.

This virus does not affect the operating system of the machine or system files, so the malware can not be detected by an antivirus. “Just live in the ‘firmware’ and no scanner can check at that level,” said the owner of LegbaCore, Xeno Kovah.

The “firmware” is a block of computer instructions recorded on a read ROM that establishes the lowest level logic which controls the electronic circuits of a device of any kind. The Thunderstrike 2 virus was designed to spread and infect the ROM.

Is there a cure for the virus?

In Applesfera site say that “fortunately, Apple is already working on a cure for this malicious worm. The creators of the virus have advised Cupertino, and developers and They have begun to solve the five discovered vulnerabilities with which Thunderstrike 2 infects Mac. A already is, and is working on the second. ”

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