full-disclosure - Destroying PCs remotely?

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From: se_cur_ity at hotmail.com (morning_wood)
Subject: Destroying PCs remotely?

just rewrite autoexec.bat, copy awdflash, and a .bin , reflash on next
boot !!
 oops did i get excited?

wood


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie, CTA" <cta@...in.net>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] 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, Andr? Lu?s Quintaes Guimar?es wrote:
>
> From:           Andr? Lu?s Quintaes Guimar?es
<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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