Comment on Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 months agoBecause this can persist beyond an OS rebuild or patch. You infect the BIOS and you’re on the device until the BIOS is free reflashed. And who ever does that?
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Or until you overwrite that malicious logo again?
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No. The logo is loaded, runs in BIOS context and is able to modify the BIOS. Now it’s embedded and the logo is irrelevant.