A new BIOS rootkit spreads in China

2011-10-01

Zhitao Zhou

Microsoft, China
Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

The BIOS rootkit is the most complex type of rootkit researchers have come across so far. It is hardware dependent, and an attacker must have extensive knowledge of the computer – including software and hardware – in order to create one. Until now this type of rootkit has remained in the realm of academic research – but recently things have changed. Zhitao Zhou details TrojanDropper:Win32/Wador.A.

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