Millions of Gigabyte Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor
Millions of Gigabyte Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor
www.wired.com Millions of PC Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor
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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"While Eclypsium says the hidden code is meant to be an innocuous tool to keep the motherboard’s firmware updated, researchers found that it’s implemented insecurely, potentially allowing the mechanism to be hijacked and used to install malware instead of Gigabyte’s intended program."
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Millions of Gigabyte modems
They're called Petabyte modems, SMH
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