„The malware that persists outside of the operating system (OS) requires a different approach to detection and eradication,“ security analysts from FireEye wrote in a blog post published Monday. „Malware with bootkit functionality can be installed and executed almost entirely independent of the Windows [OS]. As a result, incident responders will need tools that can access and search raw disks at scale for evidence of bootkits.“
Quelle: Nemesis Bootkit — A New Stealthy Payment Card Malware – The Hacker News
Das klingt ganz und gar nicht gut für die, die glauben ein Virenscanner und eine Firewall wären die Sicherheit auf Erden…