BIOS Rootkits???

One rootkit expert at the conference predicted that the technology will become a fundamental part of rootkits in the near future. ‘It is going to be about one month before malware comes out to take advantage of this,’ said Greg Hoglund, a rootkit expert and CEO of reverse engineering firm HBGary. ‘This is so easy to do. You have widely available tools, free compilers for the ACPI language, and high-level languages to write the code in.

It looks to be only a matter of time before this becomes a real problem. Rootkit or not though, there are tools that could essential aide in bricking your system, if people were malicious enough. Check out the post at Slashdot.