New UEFI flaw enables pre-boot attacks on motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, ASRock

The UEFI firmware implementation in some motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock is vulnerable to direct memory ...
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New UEFI Flaw Enables Early-Boot DMA Attacks on ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI Motherboards

UEFI firmware flaws in certain ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, and MSI motherboards allow early-boot DMA attacks before OS security ...

Major UEFI Flaw Enables Game Cheats On ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte & MSI Motherboards

However, even with it installed and updated, gamers may have received a notice that their system is restricted from launching ...

Asus tells owners of its Intel motherboards to update the BIOS because they 'may allow unintended access to system memory'

For maximum security, Asus recommends that you "download and update the BIOS to the specified version from the official website and, in the BIOS Setup Utility, configure the IOMMU DMA Protection ...
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Linux On A Floppy: Still (Just About) Possible

Back in the early days of Linux, there were multiple floppy disk distributions. They made handy rescue or tinkering ...