Look who’s watching
Security outfit Kaspersky Lab has found evidence that the National Security Agency (NSA) may be implanting highly sophisticated malware into the firmware of consumer hard drives where it’s not easily detected or removed. Kaspersky’s report found custom payloads residing in HDDs from several major brands such as Western Digital, HGST, Seagate, Maxtor, Hitachi, and Toshiba.
The report, which was first discovered by Reuters, also mentioned companies like OCZ, Micron, Corsair, Mushkin, OWC, …read more
