Study shows 4.2% of Macs running insecure firmware; High Sierra addresses issue<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Analysis of more than 73,000 Macs showed that some 4.2% of them were running the wrong firmware, leaving them vulnerable to attacks like <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/thunderstrike/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thunderstrike[/url]. For one model, the percentage was a staggering 43%.</p>
<p>Firmware exploits are among the most dangerous, because they potentially give an attacker complete control of a machine, are not detected by macOS security scans and remain in place even if you format or replace a drive and do a fresh install of macOS …</p>
<p> <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/29/mac-firmware-efi-vulnerability/#more-502140" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p><img alt="" border="0" src="
https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=502140&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img alt="" border="0" src="
https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=502140&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare">
<img src="[url]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?i=Hye39fPLWSg:Twx6x3S56UI:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img>[/url]
</div><img src="
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~4/Hye39fPLWSg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
Source:
Study shows 4.2% of Macs running insecure firmware; High Sierra addresses issue
