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TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module. It is a technology designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions to the supported devices. A TPM is a chip and is one of the required hardware for Windows 11 computers. It is embedded in a comput… Continue reading Is it safe to Clear TPM when reinstalling or resetting Windows 11?
can someone confirm whether it is normal for the BIOS password protection to remain active and unchanged after performing a complete BIOS firmware upgrade? My assumption was that the entire flash ROM memory would be cleared and rewritten. … Continue reading After Flashing BIOS -> Password protection still enabled?
I bought some second-hand HDDs. If these drives have a firmware virus and an OS is installed onto a new drive with secure boot, and the suspect drives are plugged in after, can you be affected by a firmware virus?
Continue reading Firmware Viruses on Second-Hand HDD [duplicate]
This is yet another insecure Internet-of-things story, this one about wireless gear shifters for bicycles. These gear shifters are used in big-money professional bicycle races like the Tour de France, which provides an incentive to actually implement t… Continue reading Hacking Wireless Bicycle Shifters
Hacking — at least the kind where you’re breaking into stuff — is very much a learn-by-doing skill. There’s simply no substitute for getting your hands dirty and just trying …read more Continue reading Hacking an IoT Camera Reveals Hard-Coded Root Password
I’m running the 5.14.21-150500.55.68 x86_64 kernel on OpenSuSe Leap 15.5. I have over 20 years of experience with many different distros, but I always come back to OpenSuSe for several reasons. I have knowledge about Assembler, C/C++ and L… Continue reading Highly suspicious System.Map (5.14.21-150500.55.68) – Linux compromised? [migrated]
If something has a “smart” in its name, you know that it’s talking to someone else, and the topic of conversation is probably you. You may or may not like …read more Continue reading Smartwatch Snitches on Itself and Enables Reverse Engineering
I would like to ask a question about a strange incident that occurred as a result of using the StableDiffusion tool AUTOMATIC1111 (https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/).
Here’s what happened: I used the mentioned tool several times to create … Continue reading GPU Firmware Infections through AUTOMATIC1111 (StableDiffuision)?
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-0762) in the Phoenix SecureCore UEFI, which runs on various Intel processors, could be exploited locally to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code within the firmware during runtime. “This type of low-level exploitat… Continue reading Intel-powered computers affected by serious firmware flaw (CVE-2024-0762)
Updating the firmware of a monitor is crucial for its proper functioning, as the latest firmware update packages fix many bugs that you might be facing. The process of installing firmware updates is different for monitors of different brands. This arti… Continue reading How to update your Monitor firmware on a Windows PC