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Just got wind of this today. Checked for bios updates on my Gigabyte Z590 board & there is a bios update that addresses this among other measures;
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2. Major vulnerabilities updates, customers are strongly encouraged to update to this release at the earliest.
Credits to "Assaf Carlsbad and Itai Liba from SentinelOne"
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Quick look through the other range of Z590 boards from Gigabyte reveals the same bios update description.
A check of other Z590 board makers reveals no info on this aspect of UEFI malware potentiality. That is from Asus, MSI & Asrock to date.
I also checked for bios updates on my MSI B450 & X570 boards, but nothing since September as yet. Not sure if this is specific to Z590 boards from Gigabyte or not.
Intel, themselves have even acknowledged this exploit as outlined here
So, either Gigabyte are on the ball with security or the other mobo vendors are still deciding.....
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2. Major vulnerabilities updates, customers are strongly encouraged to update to this release at the earliest.
Credits to "Assaf Carlsbad and Itai Liba from SentinelOne"
...
Quick look through the other range of Z590 boards from Gigabyte reveals the same bios update description.
A check of other Z590 board makers reveals no info on this aspect of UEFI malware potentiality. That is from Asus, MSI & Asrock to date.
I also checked for bios updates on my MSI B450 & X570 boards, but nothing since September as yet. Not sure if this is specific to Z590 boards from Gigabyte or not.
Intel, themselves have even acknowledged this exploit as outlined here
So, either Gigabyte are on the ball with security or the other mobo vendors are still deciding.....