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In a past thread about hardware exploits, someone suggested simply having a device that poses as a keyboard and then types out the source of a rootkit and compi
by JonnieCache 16y ago
In a past thread about hardware exploits, someone suggested simply having a device that poses as a keyboard and then types out the source of a rootkit and compiles it. Or even just type the binary straight onto the disk somehow.
That my friends, is genius. Credit goes to whoever suggested it originally.
- sp332 16y agoIt is possible to make a pure-ASCII executable. http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/asm/eicar/eicarcom.html http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/asm/eicar/eicarcom.html
- daeken 16y agoI don't see how you could do this for PE files, which would be required to pull this off on x64 (since you can't run 16-bit binaries like .COMs). There are several fields in the headers that require non-ASCII values.
- limmeau 16y agoWith PowerShell or WSH?
- gus_massa 16y agoThis link is very interesting. I thought incorrectly that it was only a random string. You should submit the link.