full-disclosure - Destroying PCs remotely?

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From: cta at hcsin.net (Bernie, CTA)
Subject: Destroying PCs remotely?

This is Childs play... Why not just fry the Flash!  That is, 
given that most if not all computers use FLASH BIOS these days. 
I could visualize that a well crafted puppy (Trojan) (i think 20 
to 40 bytes should do the trick) can be sent to the target 
machine to erase/program the Flash to zip, keep Vpgm constant 
until fried to a golden brown, or better yet, program it to play 
that annoying Barney Song in beeps.

On 18 Jun 2003 at 17:56, André Luís Quintaes Guimarães wrote:

From:           	André Luís Quintaes Guimarães <andreq@...olink.com.br>
To:             	"Steve Wray" <steve.wray@...adise.net.nz>, <John.Airey@...b.org.uk>,
  	<full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Subject:        	Re: [Full-Disclosure] Destroying PCs remotely?
Date sent:      	Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:56:26 -0300

> Hmm, since kid I always thought interesting the idea of using apm
> to repeatedly turn on and off monitors and hard drives until they
> burn. Off course nowadays it would be kinda hard to suceed. I
> dont have much knoledge of the apm workings,any one knows if that
> would be possible? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve
> Wray" <steve.wray@...adise.net.nz> To: <John.Airey@...b.org.uk>;
> <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003
> 5:18 PM Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Destroying PCs remotely?
> 
> 
> > Interesting topic though, is it possible to
> > *destroy* computers remotely at all?
> > Destroy the hardware, that is.
> >
> > In the case of a rack *full* of Dell servers,
> > I imagine that turning all the fans on full
> > power would generate enough thrust to push
> > the whole thing across the machine room floor...
> > :)
> 
> 
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