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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack (arstechnica.com)

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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack::UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.

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[-] 0x0@programming.dev 15 points 9 months ago

Another instance of Let's replace something that's been working for ages with something worse but shiny.

[-] cbarrick@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

What are you going on about?

Do you mean BIOS versus UEFI? That ship sailed over a decade ago. And I don't think anyone actually believes that plain BIOS is superior in any way to UEFI.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago

Plain BIOS got the job done.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

That ship sailed over a decade ago.

And yet we're still having this kind of bullshit.

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