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I bought my computer in 2011.
From 2011 to 2015 the computer was accessible to a cousin of mine who is a developer. He doesn’t work with IT security, but has more than a decade of experience programming.
I have reasons to be… Continue reading Feasibility of infecting notebook BIOS with virus?
If you want to not take for granted how easy and seamless computers have become, take up vintage computing as a hobby. If you venture down the retro path, you’ll quickly question how anyone ever got any useful work done with computers, and the farther back you go in computer history, the more difficult everything seems to become.
Case in point: how do you easily transfer files between a home-brew PC/XT and your modern desktop? Back in the day we did it with null modem cables or by sneaker-netting stacks of floppies, but [Scott M. Baker] found another way — …read more
Continue reading Making Vintage Computing Easy, The Hard Way
I used VeraCrypt to encrypt the system partition and now I can not eneter to the boot menu.
When I try enter to Boot Menu by pressuring ESC, auto-repair is started
(otherwise veracrypt works fine, but I need boot menu)
M… Continue reading VeraCrypt – Boot Menu Problem [migrated]
All it would take is a low-level programming bug in your computer’s CPU. Continue reading Could an Intel chip flaw put your whole computer at risk?
When using a TPM to provide integrity measurements for a system via SRTM, the trusted computing base is reduced to only the TPM and CRTM. The CRTM is a component of the BIOS (specifically the bootblock) which executes first and allows the … Continue reading Verifying that the CRTM is read-only for the purpose of trusted computing
Dick Wilkins is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Thomas College in central Maine and is Principal Technology Liaison for Phoenix Technologies, a USA based system boot firmware development company. He joins Paul and the team this week for a… Continue reading Dick Wilkins, Phoenix Technologies – Paul’s Security Weekly #551
Security community takes a critical look at CTS-Labs’ disclosure of vulnerabilities in AMD vulnerabilities found in EPYC servers, Ryzen workstationsm and Ryzen mobile offerings. Continue reading Hyperbole Swirls Around AMD Processor Security Threat
My computer was being slow and me not knowing what it meant I did a secure erase on my pc now it can’t find the driver. And idk what to do help me please
My computer suddenly turns on and off automatically. At first, I think it is because of some software updates that requires restarts. So after it happens many times, I shutdown my computer to see if it is just restarting or s… Continue reading My computer turns on and off automatically, can it be caused by a virus?
Can an OS vulnerability be exploited to install BIOS/UEFI/firmware malware (such as a keylogger)? I know BIOS is a “deeper” level than the OS. I know firmware based keyloggers exist. I know they can be installed by an adversary flashing th… Continue reading Can BIOS malware be installed from OS?