Until now, Google’s VirusTotal merely scanned URLs and “suspicious” files (up to 128MB) that are uploaded to the site including Windows executables, Android APKs, PDFs, images, and more. Now, PC World points to a new tool added to the VirusTotal service that will scan firmware for known malicious code.
Firmware is at the root of a device, stored on a flash memory chip and loaded into memory when the device boots up. …read more
