VANCOUVER, Canada; SANTA CLARA, Calif., and RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C., Dec. 2, 2008 - Absolute Software, Intel Corporation and Lenovo are bringing hardware-based anti-theft and computer-theft deterrence ...
The focus of the Kaspersky research was the Absolute Computrace agent that resides in the firmware, or PC ROM Basic Input/Output Systems (BIOS), of modern laptops and desktops. It’s a key part of the ...
Absolute Software’s anti-theft Computrace software is mysteriously installed on brand new machines, nearly impossible to remove, and exploitable. UPDATE: A previous version of this story incorrectly ...