“Two years ago Chinese firm Lenovo got banned from supplying equipment for networks of the intelligence and defense services various countries due to hacking and spying concerns. Earlier this year, Lenovo was caught red-handed for selling laptops pre-installed with Superfish malware. One of the most popular Chinese computer manufacturers ‘Lenovo’ has been caught once again using a hidden Windows feature to preinstall unwanted and unremovable rootkit software on certain Lenovo laptop and desktop systems it sells. The feature is known as ‘Lenovo Service Engine’ (LSE) – a piece of code presents into the firmware on the computer’s motherboard.”
http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/lenovo-rootkit-malware.html
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