grayfish

grayfish

(ˈɡreɪˌfɪʃ)
n
(Animals) a dogfish
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gray•fish

(ˈgreɪˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. -fish•es, (esp. collectively) -fish.
any of several sharks, esp. the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.
[1785–1795]
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Researchers even found a new kind of platform -- called "GrayFish" -- that allows hackers to re-flash or alter the programming of a hard drive's firmware with its own code, which Wired said turns the machine "into a slave of the attackers." With this malware in place, hackers can retain access to a computer even if the owner reformates the hard drive or completely wipes the operating system and reinstalls it.
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