Destide@feddit.uk to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBattlefield 6 cheats day 1 of early access. Depite kernel level anti cheat, forced secure boot TPM 2.0youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up1503arrow-down110cross-posted to: linux_gaming@lemmy.worldgaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1493arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square204linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux_gaming@lemmy.worldgaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareSoupBrick@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down5·1 year agoIt fucks with Linux. I literally just disabled it to resolve a driver install issue before this announcement was made.
minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoLinux can run with secure boot just fine though. Use your distros documentation to set it up.
minus-squaretroed@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down6·1 year 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·edit-21 year 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-down1·1 year agoIs that a realistic attack scenario that end users need to be concerned about?
minus-squaretroed@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYes. That’s how you get undetectable rootkits.
minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoThis type of attack has been seen in the wild for quite some time. Ultimately it’s a security vs convenience decision.
It fucks with Linux. I literally just disabled it to resolve a driver install issue before this announcement was made.
Linux can run with secure boot just fine though. Use your distros documentation to set it up.
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.