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Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor

BeeBright/Getty Images reader comments 94 with Hiding malicious programs in a computer’s UEFI firmware, the deep-seated code that tells a PC how to load its operating system, has become an insidious trick in the toolkit of stealthy hackers. But when a motherboard manufacturer installs its own hidden backdoor in the firmware of millions of computers—and… Read More »

300+ models of MSI motherboards have Secure Boot turned off. Is yours affected?

reader comments 14 with 0 posters participating Share this story Secure Boot is an industry standard for ensuring that Windows devices don’t load malicious firmware or software during the startup process. If you have it turned on—as you should in most cases, and it’s the default setting mandated by Microsoft—good for you. If you’re using… Read More »