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Phlashing To Victory
June 2,
2008: A new weapon is now available for Cyber Warriors, one that enables you to
damage hardware over the Internet. This is something new, and it's called
Phlashing (flashing, as in changing the firmware, or computer code in chips on
your motherboard, controller cards or other hardware). This is now possible
with more modern computer equipment, designed to have its firmware updated over
the net. Previously, you had to "flash" those computer chips from the machine
that contained them. While there are security features in hardware that is
supposed to prevent this kind of vandalism, there are some flaws which enable
hackers to flash destructively. Phlashing code has already been developed by
security researchers and hackers.
Phlashing attacks are more difficult than most other kinds of hacking,
but it's a sign of things to come, and another way for Cyber War to mess you
up.
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