Home
Projects
Research
Experts & Sites
Download Books
About Us

Flaw in MacBook EFI allows boot ROM malware

By iftttpYoHns6

Wednesday, December 24th, 2014

Next week at the 31st Chaos Communication Congress (31C3) in Hamburg, programmer/hacker Trammell Hudson will present research on ways to infect Apple EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware using the externally accessible Thunderbolt ports.

Our Projects

Worth Following

Jason Perlow

Technology and society

Worth Reading

In-App Browsers Considered Harmful

How many apps on your iPhone or iPad have a built-in browser? Would it surprise you to know that every one of those apps could eavesdrop on your typing? Even when it’s in a secure login screen with a password field?

Posted on: September 25, 2014 3:53 pm

Silicon Valley’s privacy efforts must be working, because our governments are freaking out

If you’ve ever wondered what a government has left in its last breath of an argument it’s already lost, it’s almost certainly going to have something to do with “national security.

Posted on: April 23, 2015 2:14 pm

Adobe to shut China R&D as sour business climate bites

BEIJING (Reuters) – Computer software maker Adobe Systems Inc will shut its Chinese research and development arm, as U.S. technology firms face an increasingly hostile government in the world’s second-biggest economy.

Posted on: September 24, 2014 7:57 pm

Free Download

Online Safety Basics

Why can't I keep using Windows XP?

Search USSPI

More online safety videos

Help Us Solve America's Toughest Problems

Thank you for visiting USSPI. The U.S. Strategic Perspective Institute is an independent, non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit, public policy think tank devoted to helping America solve some of its toughest operational problems including jobs, international competition, healthcare, the environment, government transparency, and cybersecurity.

Please join our mailing list. If you subscribe, you will be asked to confirm your subscription. You promise to contact you only when it is important. You will be able to unsubscribe at any time.

This form will only be shown once during this session. Thanks!