Security researchers have apparently devised a way to take over a Windows 7 system.
Well, sort of…
From Network World:
Researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar used proof-of-concept code they developed, called VBootkit 2.0, to take control of a Windows 7 virtual machine while it was booting up. They demonstrated how the software works at the conference.
“There’s no fix for this. It cannot be fixed. It’s a design problem,” Vipin Kumar said, explaining the software exploits the Windows 7 assumption that the boot process is safe from attack.
When I first read this I was smiling thinking wow, that’s cool. Until I read a little further on and noticed that in order for the attack to work there has to be physical access to the machine. This attack does not work remotely.
Not nearly as sexy as I first thought. Still it makes for some interesting reading.