chipsec
UEFITool
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9.3 | 6.9 | |
6 days ago | 2 months ago | |
Python | C | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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chipsec
- Chipsec: Platform Security Assessment Framework
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Platbox: UEFI and SMM Platform Security Assessment Tool for AMD and Intel
Here is the thread about ARM https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec/issues/461
- M18 Guide to Undervolt and Performance - Follow at your own risk, involves BIOS modification
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MacBookPro6,2 w/ Win11: Screen brightness?
using Chipsec utility. It requires installing Python 3, runs on any OS. Commands must be executed in elevated terminal / command prompt (or with sudo if using on non-Windows).
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CosmicStrand: Almost impossible to remove? More like impossible to find information on it.
[CHIPSEC GitHub] https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec
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The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show: 272-Processor Attacks Explained
Paul Asadoorian https://twitter.com/securityweekly https://eclypsium.com/2022/07/26/firmware-security-realizations-part-1-secure-boot-and-dbx/ https://github.com/mjg59/mei-amt-check https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec.git https://github.com/intel/INTEL-SA-00075-Linux-Detection-And-Mitigation-Tools https://github.com/ptresearch/mmdetect https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/
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CosmicStrand: The discovery of a sophisticated UEFI firmware rootkit
https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec
It's not out of band and therefore vulnerable to massively clever malware, but it's still useful.
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Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us
As an aside, if you want to sorta see how vunlerable your UEFI is, you can run Chipsec to find out. It has a specific test for all the write-enable bits and stuff.
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[GUIDE] Unlock the EC TDP limit of your low power U series Intel CPU
If you are like me and don't have the option, you need to modify the option through EFI shell. Download UEFI Tool, IFR extractor, RU.efi, and UEFI Shell, and your bios.bin/biosfd . On HP laptops, you can obtain it through the third option "Copy" . You can find the platform ID in the bios.
UEFITool
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Auto-On-Time BIOS mod, different boot entry
Open 1 E7250A24 -- 1 System BIOS with BIOS Guard vA.24.bin file with UEFITool
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[GUIDE] ThinkPad BIOS: Reading, Patching, and Flashing
UEFIPatch from LongSoft's GitHub A UEFI patchtool built on the older UEFITool engine. UEFITool is not needed for this patch, only the UEFIPatch applcation.
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Guide about how to check PCI-E Bifurcation support of any mainboard
Download UEFITool from https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool/releases for example UEFITool_NE_A66_win32.zip is hidden behind the show all assets button
- Help with BIOS Patching Thinkpad T480s
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Need To Create My Own BIOS File
There's a discussion here about this being done successfully on a ThinkPad T460 with a SPI programmer and UEFITool. The same method should apply to the T460p.
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How to unlock BIOS (AMD models, not sure if it works with Intel)
UEFITool: https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool/releases
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5800x3d appears faster after waking up then on cold boot.
If HPET is not an option in firmware, then it is disabled (0x00) and hidden from you. Which in practice is bad. The only option for users in this case is to download your firmware from the vendor, use this tool to locate the register and set the value with this tool to enabled (0x01).
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Entering hidden Advanced menu in bios v.2.06 on Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55
UEFITool
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Google announces official Android support for RISC-V
How to view proprietary blobs on your system
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Change BIOS Boot Logo
I have been a long ThinkPad user and have bought an XPS 13 for the first time. I changed my boot logo on my machines before using this tool following this guide.
What are some alternatives?
binwalk - Firmware Analysis Tool
Universal-IFR-Extractor - Utility that can extract the internal forms represenation from both EFI and UEFI modules.
grub-mod-setup_var - A modified grub allowing tweaking hidden BIOS settings.
Platbox - UEFI and SMM Assessment Tool
coreboot - Mirror of https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git. We don't handle Pull Requests.
Universal-IFR-Extractor - Utility that can extract the internal forms represenation from both EFI and UEFI modules.
thinkpad-firmware-patches - Collection of ThinkPad UEFI patches.
INTEL-SA-00075-Linux-Detection-And-Mitigation-Tools
mmdetect - Intel ME Manufacturing Mode Detection Tools
BIOSUtilities - Various BIOS Utilities for Modding/Research