PSW #764 - Jesse Michael

Security Weekly Podcast Network (Audio)

In the Security News: Stealing Mastodon passwords, reporting vulnerabilities in open-source privately, labeling does not solve problems, or does it? will it every get patched? geolocating people from photos, no meta-data required, update your firmware on Linux, hacking flow computers, when a driver isn't really a driver, well, its a driver, but not the one you may be thinking of, oops I leaked it again, misconfiguration leads to compromise, harden runner, guard dog and hacking spacecraft via Ethernet! Navigating the UEFI waters is treacherous. While UEFI has become the standard on most PCs, servers, and laptops, replacing legacy BIOS, it is a complex set of standards and protocols. Jesse joins us to help explain how some of this works and describe how vulnerabilities, specifically with SMM, can manifest and be exploited.

Segment Resources:

[CHIPSEC GitHub] https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec

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