Questions tagged [firmware]
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For a router, is storing the Wi-Fi password in plain text in its own storage/firmware considered a vulnerability, or is it standard practice?
All the routers firmwares I've dumped so far, memorizes the wifi password as cleartext (or encoded, but it's basically cleartext). Is it normal? Or actually for less cheap router there are other ...
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What's stopping a virus from turning a connected peripheral into a Bad USB on Linux?
Lets say I have a laptop, Secure Boot enabled, AppArmor on, UEFI Secure. Now I download a compromised piece of malware containing, for example a reverse shell. I grow suspicious and reinstall my ...
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How to make sure a used custom-ROM phone isn't malicious?
I am (hypothetically!) thinking about buying a used phone for sustainability reasons. I am also thinking about this being a non-Google phone for ethical reasons. There are some people in my country ...
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Can USB installation stick rewrite any firmware inside my PC?
I had written an OS installation image to USB to be launched on untrusted PC. Can the untrusted PC modify USB's installation image, for example Windows 10 image, so that when I plug in the same USB to ...
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Are proprietary BIOS/UEFI solutions less secure than libre/open frameworks? [closed]
I have been a long-time supporter of the Coreboot Project (especially the Skulls variant). I am currently in search of a new desktop and wanted to ask if these FLOSS BIOS solutions (such as Coreboot/...
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Firmware Infections - how to detect, how to remove?
One often reads disturbing news about firmware infections. It is often said that such malware, due to its extensive permissions in the system, can manipulate practically everything, especially its own ...
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How is the authenticity and integrity of the various chips inside laptops and mobile phones ensured by their vendors?
Modern laptops and mobile phone platforms are built around a main, beefy SoC, which generally supports Secure Boot for its firmware and also has a unique hardware identity that is used to attest to a ...
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Gmail app on Android can't send messages since months
I've got the issue that the Gmail app on Android (OnePlus One device) is unable to send messages (it stays in Outbox instead of Sent). Once in the past, I've solved this by clearing the Gmail app ...
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