Hardware · 2 years ago

Millions of PC Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor

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Millions of PC Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor

Hardware · 2 years ago

Hidden code in hundreds of models of Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs—a feature ripe for abuse, researchers say.

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We need Coreboot support on more boards. Motherboard vendors can’t be trusted to handle firmware.

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