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It's not an arbitrary binary blob. It's blob that's running at SMM level. A perfect place for rootkits.
by vetinari 10y ago
It's not an arbitrary binary blob. It's blob that's running at SMM level. A perfect place for rootkits.
- platz 10y agoThere was an article the other day about a man who lets his children go on the top of his roof. He made a calculation that the probability that harm would occur was low enough to be acceptable. I do a much similar thing; will follow up with you if/when my bios gets rooted.
- yuhong 10y agoAFAIK it is not SMM, it is a separate CPU. IMO, the most important lesson everyone should learn however is the laptop anti-theft arms race is horrible too.