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Since a BIOS isn’t connected to the internet, even if your BIOS is infected with a malware (say you used a usb to flash it but with files that wasn’t from the official motherboard manufacturer’s site). Is the damage limited locally to the… Continue reading Can BIOS virus/malware be used to steal data?
I know that BIOS can get virus but it’s very rare, but it seems to me it’s pretty impossible or improbable for a virus to creep into your BIOS via normal computer use.
Let’s say I’m using windows 10, even if I go as far as downloading a m… Continue reading How can your BIOS be infected or hacked and Can a BIOS virus be used to "steal data"?
Can USB dongles/wireless receivers get a virus from a computer that has been infected? I imagine it’s no more vulnerable than say a usb mouse is?
But since these Logitech usb devices like your mouse or headphone receivers do contain some f… Continue reading Can a Logitech wireless headphone usb receiver be infected?
Specifically, I was trying to install windows 10 on a fresh new ssd, i was trying to use a usb to do it but it turns out I did not create the usb drive correctly, so I’m stuck on the “reboot and select proper boot devices” screen on my bio… Continue reading Can a usb drive infect a hard drive without an OS
I live in an apartment complex with lots of people, and oftentimes I would be able to see Bluetooth devices that do not belong to me on my iPhone or MacBook when I search for my Bluetooth device.
Does Apple tell you/ask by default before… Continue reading Can people hack your iPhone Via Bluetooth if you leave it on?
I just clean installed my MacOS Catalina on my MacBook due to virus on my PC that I worried got on my MacBook via usb file transfer.
I did an internet recovery to reinstall MacOS Catalina with my home WiFi network, with password protected… Continue reading If I am trying to clean install a MacOS with internet recovery, is it safer to use mobile network than WIFI network?
I was finishing a clean installation of macOS Catalina on my MacBook, and I was asked to select a wifi network. I misclicked on a wifi network with a name that’s very similar to mine and was asked to enter the password, obviously I cancell… Continue reading Can a computer/MacBook be compromised/infected/hacker simply be requesting/attempt to join a network?
Suppose I had a file (a pdf file) on an infected windows 10 PC, I use a usb drive to transfer this file from windows 10 to a Macbook.
Can this Macbook then be infected? Or become a carrier that infect any other usb drives connected to it?… Continue reading Can I get a windows virus on macbook via usb transfer?
I recently ran some programs on my computer that caused some kind of security breach, I reinstalled windows (after formatting) to fix it.
3 days later I got an email with my old windows password blackmailing me, the message seem…automat… Continue reading Can opening a blackmail/phishing email on outlook cause issues?
I recently had a security breach on my PC, I ran a software called thaiphoon burner and DRAM calculator despite my windows warning. Long story short while I do not know if they are directly responsible, all my anti virus programs, includin… Continue reading Can being hacked/cyberattacked once make you more vulnerable to being hacked again?