Firmware Related Topics 
Schneier on Security
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Interesting attack based on malicious pre-OS logo images : LogoFAIL is a constellation of two dozen newly discovered vulnerabilities that have lurked for years, if not decades, in Unified Extensible Firmware Interfaces responsible for booting modern devices that run Windows or Linux… The vulnerabilities are the subject of a coordinated mass disclosure (..)
Schneier on Security
JUNE 21, 2019
In July 2017, security firm Dr. Web reported that its researchers had found Triada built into the firmware of several Android devices , including the Leagoo M5 Plus, Leagoo M8, Nomu S10, and Nomu S20. That meant the malware could directly tamper with every installed app. Triada also connected to no fewer than 17 command and control servers.
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Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
Researchers have discovered and revealed 146 vulnerabilities in various incarnations of Android smartphone firmware. And since they're firmware bugs, in many cases there is no ability to patch them. The vulnerabilities were found by scanning the phones of 29 different Android makers, and each is unique to a particular phone or maker.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Let's drill into all that and then go deeper into custom firmware and soldering too. Flashing Custom Firmware and Soldering I propose that we all need to find our own paths in terms of just how dirty we want to get our hands when playing with IoT. Why do I need to modify the firmware of such a simple little device?!
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 10, 2019
Locking down firmware. Starks Federal Communications Commission member Geoffrey Starks recently alluded to the possibility that China may have secretly coded the firmware in Huawei’s equipment to support cyber espionage and cyber infrastructure attacks. telecoms by Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 18, 2021
Devices have multiple OSs and firmware running, and most organisations don't know what they have or if it's secure. Microsoft will use ReFirm to make it easier to find out without being an expert.
Schneier on Security
JULY 28, 2022
From an article : The firmware compromises the UEFI, the low-level and highly opaque chain of firmware required to boot up nearly every modern computer. As the software that bridges a PC’s device firmware with its operating system, the UEFI—short for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface—is an OS in its own right.
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