Unbelievable! – Windows 8 Boot Security Cracked already before released (Bootkit malware)

Unbelievable! – Windows 8 Boot Security Cracked already before released (Bootkit malware)

November 18, 2011 — bluecollarpc
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Unbelievable! – Windows 8 Boot Security Cracked already before released (Bootkit malware)
Windows 8 Boot Security Cracked
CRN
By Antone Gonsalves, CRN
An Austrian security analyst has built the first known bootkit that bypasses Windows 8′s defenses against installing malware while the operating system is booting.
Peter Kleissner, an independent programmer and recognized …

http://www.crn.com/news/security/231903295/windows-8-boot-security-cracked.htm;jsessionid=NZjzL4QedChUWf+VUz6Tyg**.ecappj02

( HATE TO BE I TOLD YOU SO BUT THE BLUECOLLARPC.US PREDICTED THIS THAT WINDOWS 8 BOOT UP SECURITY FEATURE WILL BE CRACKED AS FAST AS IT HITS THE STREETS….. LOOKS LIKE WE WERE A LITTLE OFF – IT HAS BEEN CRACKED EVEN BEFORE IT HIT THE STREETS ! ! ! …..LOL )

We can expect Windows 8 to be launched sometime in mid-late 2012, however, it’s too early to predict the Windows 8 release date, since it is still under development. Nevertheless, the only question that haunts each and every one of us – Will Windows 8 win the battle against Apple which it had lost several years back? SOURCE http://www.thetechlabs.com/tech-news/windows-8-features/

Bootkits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootkit#bootkit

"A kernel-mode rootkit variant called a bootkit is used predominantly to attack full disk encryption systems, for example as in the “Evil Maid Attack”, in which a bootkit replaces the legitimate boot loader with one controlled by an attacker; typically the malware loader persists through the transition to protected mode when the kernel has loaded.[35][36][37][38] For example, the “Stoned Bootkit” subverts the system by using a compromised boot loader to intercept encryption keys and passwords.[39] More recently, the Alureon rootkit has successfully subverted the requirement for 64-bit kernel-mode driver signing in Windows 7 by modifying the master boot record.[40]
The only known defenses against bootkit attacks are the prevention of unauthorized physical access to the system—a problem for portable computers—or the use of a Trusted Platform Module configured to protect the boot path.[41]...."

HISTORY TO DATE…..
Windows 8 Spells Trouble for Linux, Hackintosh Users and Malware Victims
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/messages/523
Windows 8 won’t dual-boot Linux?
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/539
Microsoft, Red Hat Spar Over Secure Boot-loading Tech
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/541
Windows 8 Dual Boot Possible If ‘Secure Boot’ Disabled
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/544
How to change the boot order of a dual-boot Linux PC
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/550
Linux Licensing in Conflict with Secure Boot Support
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/565
FSF warns of Windows 8 Secure Boot (Sign Petition)
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/626
Linux Foundation, Canonical and Red Hat Weigh In On Secure Boot
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/650
The right to dual-boot: Linux groups plead case prior to Windows 8
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/662
Linux Foundation: Secure Boot Need Not Be a Problem
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/671
Linux Community Offers Secure Boot Ideas
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/672
Leading PC makers confirm: no Windows 8 plot to lock out Linux
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/673
Linux Advocates protest ‘Designed for Windows 8′ secure boot policy
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/679
Linux Community Counters Microsoft’s Windows 8 Secure Boot Mandate
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinuxDucks/message/696
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