To: 1234; 6SJ7; Action-America; af_vet_rr; afnamvet; Alexander Rubin; anonymous_user; ...
"Rutkowska stressed that the Blue Pill technology does not rely on any bug of the underlying operating system. "I have implemented a working prototype for Vista x64, but I see no reasons why it should not be possible to port it to other operating systems, like Linux or BSD which can be run on x64 platform," she added.
FreeBSD (OS X) could be vulnerable... PING!
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18 posted on
06/28/2006 9:33:17 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!")
To: Swordmaker
Joanna Rutkowska, a stealth malware researcher at Singapore-based IT security firm COSEINC, says the new Blue Pill concept uses AMD's SVM/Pacifica virtualization technology... I think that Rutkowska may be referring to Linux and BSD running on AMD chips. Unless Intel is using this AMD virtualization technology it appears that Macs may escape.
To: Swordmaker
Love my G4 Mac(s) even more now.
23 posted on
06/29/2006 12:07:56 AM PDT by
mhx
To: Swordmaker
" FreeBSD (OS X) could be vulnerable"
I don't think so. Apparently, this relies on AMD processors. Even if Intel adds this kind of virtualization technology to their processors, this particular exploit probably wouldn't work.
28 posted on
06/29/2006 6:20:16 AM PDT by
DesScorp
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