{"id":218,"date":"2016-02-03T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vining.in\/blog\/?p=218"},"modified":"2017-05-29T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T09:26:00","slug":"see-if-theres-malware-in-your-firmware-with-googles-virustotal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vining.in\/blog\/see-if-theres-malware-in-your-firmware-with-googles-virustotal\/","title":{"rendered":"See if there&#8217;s malware in your firmware with Google&#8217;s VirusTotal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you\u2019re looking for viruses on your computer, the typical scanner pores over your hard drive for malicious files, programs or bits of code, examining each item to make sure there\u2019s nothing out of the ordinary. But what about malware that\u2019s hidden outside of your hard drive, in the very code that tells your computer how to boot?<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VirusTotal<\/a>, a malware-hunting subsidiary of Google, announced in a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.virustotal.com\/2016\/01\/putting-spotlight-on-firmware-malware_27.html\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> it has a new tool that scans your computer&#8217;s BIOS and UEFI firmware for malicious content. Your BIOS or UEFI are the links between your hardware and your software, and that firmware tells your computer how to boot. If there is malware present in that area of your computer, even replacing your hard drive won\u2019t remove it \u2014 it exists in a chip on your motherboard.<\/p>\n<p>This malware can repeatedly install software onto your computer before the operating system loads.<\/p>\n<p>According to the blog post, the effort to focus on scanning firmware is in response to recent reports of certain kinds of malware targeting the BIOS and UEFI of certain machines \u2014 specifically incidents regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2015\/08\/lenovo-rootkit-malware.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2948092\/security\/hacking-teams-malware-uses-uefi-rootkit-to-survive-os-reinstalls.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hacking Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If VirusTotal\u2019s new tool works, PC owners should have a little less to worry about, though you need a web connection to use it. The tool allows researchers to upload firmware images, which the tool examines by extracting executable code where malware might be present. The process then tells users whether there is malware present or not.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong> Images &amp; Text from http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you\u2019re looking for viruses on your computer, the typical scanner pores over your hard drive for malicious files, programs or bits of code, examining each item to make sure there\u2019s nothing out of the ordinary. 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