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fromThe Hacker News
3 hours ago

New UEFI Flaw Enables Early-Boot DMA Attacks on ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI Motherboards

Certain motherboard models from ASRock, ASUSTeK Computer, GIGABYTE, and MSI contain UEFI flaws that leave systems vulnerable to early-boot DMA attacks due to IOMMU misconfiguration.
fromThe Verge
17 hours ago

Riot Games found a motherboard security flaw that helps PC cheaters

"had this issue gone unnoticed, it would have completely nullified all existing DMA detection and prevention tech currently on the market - including that of other gaming companies - due to the nature of this class of cheats running in a privileged area that anti-cheats typically do not run."
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