There’s no way of knowing if the NSA’s spyware is on your hard drive


Alternative News, Zeitgeist

The NSA’s spyware known as “Fanny” was discovered embedded deep within hard disk drive and solid-state drive firmware. Credit: Kaspersky By Lucas Mearian Malware intentionally created by the U.S. National Security Agency to infect personal computer hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) cannot be detected by antivirus programs. The spyware, which infects a drive’s firmware, can […]

24/02/2015