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Dan Simmons to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish • 2 years ago

Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

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Dan Simmons to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish • 2 years ago
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UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.
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    Wouldn’t it be better to state that every UEFI device is affected, since the vulnerabilities are in the UEFI of the computers, but neither in Windows nor Linux?

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      Wouldn’t get as much clicks. The layman doesn’t know what UEFI is nor ever heard of it but will go “OMG I USE WINDOWS!”

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