palordrolap,

It's rare that I get to feel anything remotely comforting about not being able to afford new hardware, but if I understand correctly, my BIOS-only dinosaur can't be exploited.

Still vulnerable to thousands of other exploits no doubt, but not this one.

plinky,
@plinky@hexbear.net avatar

damn 😱

redd,
@redd@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Don’t panic!

0x0,

I wonder if old BIOS are vulnerable…

admin,
@admin@lemmy.my-box.dev avatar

Nope, they aren’t as universal as EFI. I think the closest comparable attack vector for “old tech” is a bootsector virus.

planish,

Hello I am writing the firmware for MotherBoard 2021, a definitely completely different product than MotherBoard 2020, I am going to ship in in 2 weeks for Christmas, and I am going to write an image decoder on top of bare metal, and it is “not” going to let you hack the pants off the computer.

Said no one ever.

LainOfTheWired,
@LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol avatar

I wonder if this effects coreboot builds like heads as they allow you to use external devices like a nitrokey for verification when you boot

westyvw,

Is this potentially useful to me? Since it is persistent, can I use it on this motherboard I have over here that insists on using UEFI even if I do not want to?

TheCaconym,

BIOS booting stays winning

ShittyBeatlesFCPres,

I can’t believe stupid, pointless marketing crap didn’t have the best of the best working to ensure security.

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