Firmware Backdoor Discovered in Gigabyte Motherboards, 250+ Models Affected

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[–]SoCo 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (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 - 1 fun -  (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 - 1 fun -  (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 - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, that much is true. RISC-V might be another viable solution in the future.