Posted: 9/15/2006 4:52:19 PM EDT
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Is this a serious threat? I don't know much about it other than it's a hardware-level rootkit. I've read several small articles on it, but they either say it will be undetectable or might be undetectable. I've only seen it discussed regarding Vista, is XP just as vulnerable? Is VMWare/Virtual PC required, or is it just based on the same technology? Your thoughts? Anybody know anything more about it? |
Blue Pill is a theoretical attack that only effects Vista running on 64bit CPUs with hardware virtualization. If you don't have that setup, don't worry. The exploit should be fixed by SP1 for Vista, and only morons will be running Vista before the 1st service pack comes out. Go find a podcast called 'security now'. They have a whole episode on Blue Pill. BSW |