By Peter Ferrie, Microsoft
Another day arrives and, with it, another way to run code. This time, it’s executing arbitrary code in System Management Mode (SMM) memory. That sounds kind of exciting, right? A SMM rootkit? Does that mean that we need an anti-malware scanner for SMM memory now? Or will it just fade away? All this and more will be answered shortly. But first…
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