Is Mac OS safer to use as far as firmware rootkits, cold boot attacks and evil maid?

Windows machines have things like TPM and Secure boot to help protect against firmware rootkits, but is Mac any safer in these regards? How does Mac work in the boot stage and is it any less suceptable to firmware rootkits? Are there any… Continue reading Is Mac OS safer to use as far as firmware rootkits, cold boot attacks and evil maid?

Running Tails from a non-writable CD vs a USB on a PC with a UEFI infection. Would it comprimise Tails OS when loaded?

Lets say a computers UEFI is infected with a rootkit and you have a copy of Tails written to a USB drive. I am guessing it could possibly infect the Tails OS as well. Well if you were to write tails to a CD that is not re-writable and bo… Continue reading Running Tails from a non-writable CD vs a USB on a PC with a UEFI infection. Would it comprimise Tails OS when loaded?