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Intel OEM Private Key Leak: A Blow to UEFI Secure Boot Security

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658 points transpute | 3 comments | 06 May 23 17:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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codedokode ◴[06 May 23 18:40 UTC] No.35844123[source]▶
Isn't it good? Does leaked key mean that now owners of hardware will be able to read and modify the firmware, including IME, and check it for backdoors?

Such keys should be in the hands of users, not Intel.

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tapoxi ◴[06 May 23 19:08 UTC] No.35844419[source]▶
Realistically it means a lot more people are going to cheat in Valorant.
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biosboiii ◴[06 May 23 19:26 UTC] No.35844572[source]▶
I've read a lot of anti cheat RE in the past, seems like the cheater/modder people have found their way to the infosec community, can you elaborate on how this would accelerate Valorant cheating. Is their watchguard thing using some Intel feature?
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r1ch ◴[06 May 23 19:35 UTC] No.35844670[source]▶
Their anti cheat is a kernel level driver and requires secure boot to make sure it loads before anything could potentially tamper with the system.
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1. jsheard ◴[06 May 23 19:58 UTC] No.35844848[source]▶
Doesn't it only require secure boot on Windows 11? For now you can get around that requirement by simply staying on Windows 10, until they retire support for that.
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2. CircleSpokes ◴[06 May 23 20:16 UTC] No.35845005[source]▶
You are correct. Secure boot is not required to play valorant on windows 10.
3. r1ch ◴[06 May 23 20:42 UTC] No.35845198[source]▶
Yes, the mandatory TPM and secure boot only applies to Windows 11. I'm sure they're eager to drop Windows 10 support as soon as they're able to.