It has been a common perception that Macintosh PCs and Laptops are more secure as compared to Windows PCs, but not after this research. This worm can end up your Mac into a garbage. Researchers Trammel Hudson and Xeno Kovah, who have developed a worm which is first of its kind that attacks Mac's firmware. This worm attacks the BIOS and runs inside the BIOS which is the primary firmware of your system.
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