Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoJust about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attackarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squareIthorian [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoSo if I have my computer set that it needs a sudo password for most changes am I good?
minus-square_edge@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYes, that’s my understanding. A normal user cannot do this. (And of course, an attacker shouldn’t not control a local user in the first place.) Physical access is also a risk, but physical access trumps everything.
So if I have my computer set that it needs a sudo password for most changes am I good?
Yes, that’s my understanding. A normal user cannot do this. (And of course, an attacker shouldn’t not control a local user in the first place.)
Physical access is also a risk, but physical access trumps everything.