Destide@feddit.uk to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBattlefield 6 cheats day 1 of early access. Depite kernel level anti cheat, forced secure boot TPM 2.0youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up1510arrow-down110
arrow-up1500arrow-down1external-linkBattlefield 6 cheats day 1 of early access. Depite kernel level anti cheat, forced secure boot TPM 2.0youtu.beDestide@feddit.uk to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square214linkfedilink
minus-squaretroed@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·2 months agoSecureboot doesn’t “fuck with Linux”. It does protect you from malware trying to install unsigned kernel modules. Apparently that driver is unsigned, which is not the normal case nowadays.
minus-squareSoupBrick@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoGood to know, thanks I was trying to install an Nvidia driver on Linux Mint, so I think I am safe.
minus-squareSkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIs that a realistic attack scenario that end users need to be concerned about?
minus-squaretroed@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoYes. That’s how you get undetectable rootkits.
minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis happens to roughly 1/3rd of all pc’s. But if you put secureboot ON and the FBI cant touch your pc
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis type of attack has been seen in the wild for quite some time. Ultimately it’s a security vs convenience decision.
Secureboot doesn’t “fuck with Linux”. It does protect you from malware trying to install unsigned kernel modules.
Apparently that driver is unsigned, which is not the normal case nowadays.
Good to know, thanks
I was trying to install an Nvidia driver on Linux Mint, so I think I am safe.
Is that a realistic attack scenario that end users need to be concerned about?
Yes. That’s how you get undetectable rootkits.
This happens to roughly 1/3rd of all pc’s. But if you put secureboot ON and the FBI cant touch your pc
This type of attack has been seen in the wild for quite some time. Ultimately it’s a security vs convenience decision.