Firmware Backdoor Discovered in Gigabyte Motherboards, 250+ Models Affected
submitted 11 months ago by [deleted] from (tomshardware.com)
[–]SoCo 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (3 children)
Never forget that back-doors in Intel® Management Engine and AMD's version of the same are lower level than this.
[–]Drewski 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (2 children)
You can flash Libreboot, though the process is rather technical and only supports specific older CPUs. Or you can buy a laptop with Libreboot preinstalled.
[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (1 child)
That's not going to work on a nice fancy 16 core CPU/motherboard though. It is easy to avoid the built in back-doors if we go back to stone age processing power.
[–]Drewski 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (0 children)
Yep, that much is true. RISC-V might be another viable solution in the future.
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