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What method and tools would be best suited to detect the EquationAPT groups infections and I refer to the HDD firmware itself not the typical detecting of the "implants" used to facilitate rewriting the firmware.

ref: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2015/equation-group-the-crown-creator-of-cyber-espionage

https://securelist.com/blog/research/68750/equation-the-death-star-of-malware-galaxy/

I don't think they are targeting home users

Government and diplomatic institutions
Telecoms
Aerospace
Energy
Nuclear research
Oil and gas
Military
Nanotechnology
Islamic activists and scholars
Mass media
Transportation
Financial institutions
Companies developing encryption technologies

Who's to say the regular miscreants won't soon follow suit?