New Linux Build Allows BIOS Updates Without a Reboot
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New Linux Build Allows BIOS Updates Without a Reboot
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Now we just need it to come to Windows.

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cool, next step: Coreboot for the most AMD motherboard :)

sj_zero
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It’s a neat idea, but I see a new simple vector for viruses you can’t get rid of by swapping out a hard disk.

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I think you get down-voted because malware is always a factor the user need to take care of. You also can install an inflected, manipulated or somewhere else compromised BIOS at any time, with or without reboot. There was a story with Dell that automatically updated your IMEI, ME and or BIOS without user consent in the name of security which directly installed malware because the server was compromised. This was some years ago in the news, so you see there are multiple ways anyway and at the end the user need to take care.

Before you install and manually approve someone, you should check the checksums, review the changelog and verify that the update is legit. Nothing changes here, you still need to approve the update procedure via admin rights before something is going to happen.

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There was a story with Dell that automatically updated your IMEI, ME and or BIOS without user consent in the name of security which directly installed malware because the server was compromised.

Holy hell that’s simultaneously hilarious and sad. I hadn’t heard this, but I am not surprised.

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