Questions tagged [driver]
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How to protect a PC against sensitive data access by malicious app/driver
As a software developer I frequently work with various USB-attached peripherals in the prototype stage and their drivers.
Sometimes the peripherals come from companies that I do not know well or otherwise can't trust 100%, so there's a residual risk…
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Firmware backdoor in external hard drive without a specific driver possible?
I heard that researchers found some external hard drive with embedded backdoor (into the firmware).
I don't know if an external hard drive backdoor can be executed only by using a generic driver.
My main thought is that if the OS wants to read a…
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Duke Nukem
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Windows command line does not check for revoked certificates: How bad is it?
I recently updated my D-link wifi dongle driver. However, I had to do this through the command line because Microsoft revoked the D-link certificates after a leak. The executable would simply not start, with an red UAC prompt blocking the…
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How does driver install with an expired cert?
I'm working on making a silent installer of WinpkFilter driver. In my silent installation, I'm always getting a (not so silent) prompt that says "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software".
Rightfully so. The cert expired in 2013…
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Is there a difference between a bootkit and a ring-0 rootkit?
I understand the difference between a Ring-0 rootkit and a Ring-3 rootkit, in terms of their hierarchical depth in computational models. That is kernel mode and usermode, respectively.
I am confused as to whether there is a difference between a…
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Tips for auditing/finding a better/trusted source for an anonymous but open source network device linux driver from some random github repo
Maybe because I am a cheap bastard or just because I saw no better alternative in the market in terms of reported performance and functionality vs. size, I bought this USB bluetooth/WiFi5…
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What are the risks of allowing general users to add printers to their company laptops?
I work for a company with a large user base. There is a requirement to allow users to add printers to their laptops e.g. when working from home.
What are the security risks?
Is their a bad actor can use a printer to hack the laptop?
Can a print…
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Intel Ethernet Driver Advanced Settings for Security/Privacy
There are some settings found on Device Manager > Ethernet Driver > Advanced Tab.
Are there suggestions for any of these settings? or any suggestion to improve ethernet driver security?
Adaptive Inter-Frame Spacing
Enable PME
Energy Efficient…
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Cross-signing certificates for Windows Driver Signing
For testing purposes I want to test cross-signing certificates for Windows driver signing. I understand the general concept: Two root CAs, one root CA cross-signs the other root CA's public key.
However, I couldn't find any information on how to…
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Are kernel mode drivers harder to compromise?
Of course the effects of a compromised kernel mode driver are more disastrous, but are they harder to compromise in the first place?
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Jonathon Anderson
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Do Hardware Manufacturers Control PC's Remotely?
I'm struggling to wrap my head around the following thing:
I have a video adapter (NVidia). It was bought new about a year ago and had the newest video drivers at the time
I disabled all the NVidia updates, stopped all their services / consoles /…
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