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Critical BIOS/UEFI Vulnerabilities Enable Attackers To Overwrite System Firmware (gbhackers.com)

submitted 4 months ago by kid to c/cybersecurity

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Headline should have included that this for the iSeq 100.

I am surprised that such devices are not air-gapped.

[–] lurch 2 points 4 months ago

dood. if the attacker can access BIOS/UEFI of your DNA sequencer, the firmware is the least of your problems. i mean, it's not great it's vulnerable, but that tool should have a minimal hardened, read-only OS.