Grumpy Old Geeks Topics Hard drive firmware malware Topic Hard drive firmware malware 3 mentions in 1 episode Malware described as persisting on a hard drive and spreading during manufacturer testing. Mentions 199: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Cat Mar 6, 2017 39:04 install itself on the BIOS of a hard drive 39:43 Infects all the other hard drives. 40:19 you can reformat that drive and that malware is still hiding out