BIOS attack

(Basic Input/Output System attack) An unauthorized alteration of the BIOS in a PC. Since BIOS routines are run when the computer is booted, any malware executed at that stage takes complete control of the computer even before the operating system is loaded. In the days of the read-only ROM BIOS, no changes could be made; however, the flash-based BIOS is updatable. See flash BIOS.

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HP Sure Start enables detection of and self-healing recovery from malicious BIOS attacks, extending the same BIOS security protecting HP's Elite line of PCs since 2013 to new HP LaserJet Enterprise printers.

HP unveils new enterprise class LaserJet printers

* HP SureStart enables detection of and self-healing recovery from malicious BIOS attacks, extending the same BIOS security protecting HP's Elite line of PCs since 2013 to new HP LaserJet Enterprise printers.

HP announces world's most secure printers

"Intel TXT provides hardware enforcement to help overcome some of the most challenging aspects of cloud security, including detection and prevention of BIOS attacks and evolving forms of stealthy malware, such as rootkits," he says.

VMware to integrate Intel's TXT tech into vSphere 5.1

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