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Main issue is you need "PHYSICAL"access to carry these attacks out. |
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It's that god damn simple. If they can physically access the system, |
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it doesn't matter how good the security it because "THEY' own it. |
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All this does is makes damn sure I will not buy any used hardware |
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since you can change embed into the UEFI firmware what ever you want - |
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keep in mind that most boards now have 64M of storage for UEFI |
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firmware (I haven't seen an update that needed then 2.5M. So ask |
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youself, why in hell they needed more then 4M? I could see 8M being a |
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selling point but 64M - hell the first computer I build only had 16M |
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(that was a 386 system). |
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 14/03/18 02:54, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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>> https://v.gd/PZkiuR |
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>> Does anyone know more details? |
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> This looks like it's either completely fake, or based on half-truths: |
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> http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-security-vulnerability-%E2%80%93-the-day-after-seems-financially-motivated.html |
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