Researchers Identify Weakness in Microsoft WPBT

Re:Researchers Identify Weakness in Microsoft WPBT by shawnz on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @10:21AM (#28683097)

While I hate the idea of the WPBT "feature", in Microsoft's defense, it was created as a response to vendors like Absolute Software who already were injecting rootkits using their own less reliable methods.

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Re:Researchers Identify Weakness in Microsoft WPBT by Enginerrrd on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:54PM (#28687980)

This just isn't a defense.

In other sectors of the consumer space, they make updates that make the rootkits not work anymore.

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Re:Researchers Identify Weakness in Microsoft WPBT by shawnz on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:07PM (#28688066)

How do you stop a rootkit that's designed into the firmware of the system you're running on?

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Re:Researchers Identify Weakness in Microsoft WPBT by josephcsible on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:52PM (#28685498)

Didn't using FDE have the side effect of protecting you from Absolute Software's rootkits?

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