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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Windows Secure Boot compromised....
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9306 |
It's not been a good week for Microsoft, security wise. Granted - the CrowdStrike issue was not a MS issue PER-SE', but.... Windows Secure-Boot compromised... Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Mixtel90 Guru  Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6781 |
And this one doesn't appear to be a Microsoft issue either. They seem to be doing quite well at the moment. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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Rickard5 Guru Joined: 31/03/2022 Location: United StatesPosts: 463 |
Wow you guys seamed shocked :). in my limited experience I'm so totally Shocked it's taken 45 + Years to figure it out, I mean I'm a Boarish Americans, I'm one of those America First, I wake up to God, Guns, and Bacon. While I Believe the USA Should be eon the top of the Tech world, we've waisted 50 years with INTEL Garbage, and now here we are 65 years latter, and the world is becoming an ARM World! My Mac, Phone, TV, and everything else is run by the Acorn RISC Machine! the world would have been better with ARM and RISC O/S than MicroSH%T Winblows on INTEL! I my self Chose unwisely in my youth, I was a Novel CNE, a SUN Certified Solution Provider, and an AT&T System V admin, you know the Better More Secure Faster, superior Network Operating systems I can go on for hours how the ONLY Airline unaffected was a DFW Based Southwest that runs their whole airline on a C64 and Geos on 4 180k Floppies! I may be Vulgar, but , while I'm poor, I'm Industrious, Honest, and trustworthy! I Know my Place |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6781 |
Don't count your chickens... Rule 1 Any system is only as secure and stable as far as it's next bug. Rule 2 There is always another bug. That airline had better have a good stock of spare C64s, power supplies, drives and floppy disks as none of them are manufactured now and some of the hardware has the availability of unicorn poo. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3800 |
Is it right that to exploit the problem needs physical access to the machine? John |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6781 |
Not once a machine is compromised. With the secure boot compromised the rogue code is hidden but active. It can grab another payload without being discovered. It's in a firmware location where it can disable a virus scanner temporarily or permanently so that it can be loaded and installed - even after a complete reinstallation of the OS on a new hard disk. This sort of thing is a nightmare. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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