Naked Security

S3 Ep138: I like to MOVEit, MOVEit

Backdoors, exploits, and Little Bobby Tables. Listen now! (Full transcript available...)

Naked Security

Researchers claim Windows “backdoor” affects hundreds of Gigabyte motherboards

It's a backdoor, Jim, but not as we know it... here's a sober look at this issue.

The Hacker News

Critical Firmware Vulnerability in Gigabyte Systems Exposes ~7 Million Devices

Cybersecurity researchers have found "backdoor-like behavior" within Gigabyte systems, which they say enables the UEFI firmware of the devices to drop a Windows executable and retrieve updates in an unsecure format. Firmware security firm Eclypsium said it first detected the anomaly in April 2023. Gigabyte has since acknowledged and addressed the issue. "Most Gigabyte firmware includes a Windows