Conversely, critics of the leak caution against the potential ramifications of publicly exposing sensitive information. There are concerns about the safety of
I’d download this but I’m worried it could also contain some form of advanced spyware, and my “security computer” needs a new screen cable at the moment.
I remember hearing about that, but I never got around to really looking into it. Can hard drive firmware be infected by data on the disc and/or commands sent over SATA, or is it the kind of attack you need to attach test probes to the controller board or desolder the ROM chip to execute?
I’m curious what you’re referencing. I suppose it could infect the drives controlling chips, but a decent drive should be fine. And if you scramble all the bits I don’t see how there could be malware left
I’d download this but I’m worried it could also contain some form of advanced spyware, and my “security computer” needs a new screen cable at the moment.
That’s a good point. Better get a giant ass hard drive array going and connect it to something disposable, like an pi.
well keep in mind that theoretically hdd firmware can hold malware if they get infected
I remember hearing about that, but I never got around to really looking into it. Can hard drive firmware be infected by data on the disc and/or commands sent over SATA, or is it the kind of attack you need to attach test probes to the controller board or desolder the ROM chip to execute?
i think oem custom sata commands, but not sure. what I know is that e.g. seagate releases firmware updates to some of their drives
https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/firmware-updates-for-seagate-products-207931en/
last I checked it was done by a program running on windows
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I’m curious what you’re referencing. I suppose it could infect the drives controlling chips, but a decent drive should be fine. And if you scramble all the bits I don’t see how there could be malware left