"Booting" is the process of starting up a computer from the OFF state. This tag is for attacks and security measures relating to the startup routine of computer hardware, firmware, or operating systems.
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Disk Encryption - Extended Boot Record protection
I posted something like this on SuperUser some months ago, but thought I'd try the security focused site. Anyway, I am working on a Disk Encryption project using OPAL drives. The OS is Linux, and is contained on an extended partition. This partition…
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Booting from an external drive on work laptop (privacy)
Hi guys the company I work for gave me an awesome laptop but I don't want them to spy on my personal activities (they have lots of Spyware and security).
I am, however, able to boot from an external drive and the laptop has a thunderbolt 3 port. …
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USB bootable CD protect against rootkits?
I have a infected computer, which I am trying to diagnose. The attack is probably very sophisticated, and I am not yet sure whether this has happened in the bios, mbr, active partition or any other space. The attack is ongoing, but I need to figure…
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How can I prevent booting from media devices?
first of all, I deeply apologise because of my silly question. The thing is that I am learning about hardening. I have VMware workstation 12, and I've created a VM CentOS 7 machine (to be integrated in a MySQL virtual server).
What I need is to…
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What causes an Operating System to become Corrupted?
What Causes an Operating Systems ISO image to become Corrupted? I found an ISO image of windows 7 off the internet and now when I use windows 7, its extremely slow. What causes this? I cannot boot up the computer anymore from a CD disk. I want to…
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anti cloning hard disk
I'm trying to create an "anti-cloning" system. I'd like to know if there's a way to check a unique label on the hard disk, during the boot phase, in order to avoid the machine to continue booting if the hard disk was cloned.
I've googled a lot, but…
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