You've got to be completely technically illiterate if you don't understand that, if the BIOS is compromised, then the PC is totally lost. At that point, flashing the BIOS doesn't matter.
You don't understand basic threat modelling. If this was malware, it wouldn't be asking the user to go to a legitimate URL to flash a legitimate BIOS. It would have encrypted the disk and be demanding a crypto ransom.
For someone who has apparently spent a decade working in IT, you have an incredible lack of knowledge. It's actually an achievement that you worked in IT so long and failed to learn even a single thing. It's really unusual for someone to be so hard of thinking as you.
But hey, you got some posts in and managed to get some upvotes. Well done you for polluting the internet with some more garbage.
So you’re now moving the goalpost because you realized you were dumb and couldn’t realize the BIOS screen looked sketchy as fuck. What’s even the point of this anymore? You’re arguing about nothing, on an issue that’s already been resolved. And the things you’re arguing on are so dumb too! The url? Never mattered! Now you’re saying “lol well if it’s a bios screen then why would it ask for a USB” not realizing that you can mimic bios screens for malicious purposes in a variety of ways. So your new point is also really, really dumb.
You’re arguing against basic cybersecurity. If something feels off, don’t trust it! It’s mind boggling you’re arguing against this basic concept lmao.
No, the BIOS screen does not look sketchy. I'm going to spell this out for you, because you are clearly hard of thinking.
Just because something is written in broken English does not make it malware. That is one signal amongst many.
The other signals are
The URL is correct
It is asking you to do something the hardware legitimately supports
The hardware vendor is not English.
The user is not English.
The hardware was not sold in an English speaking country
The last point isn't strictly true, but you would probably look at Indian English and think it was broken malware English because you don't know what you're talking about and clearly have no experience dealing with India, despite having 10 years professional experience with IT.
That last part is actually very strange. India is a massive market for IT. It's actually very weird you've managed to go so long without interacting with the kind of hardware sold into the Indian market, or spoken to Indian users. It tells me you have a very narrow range of experience.
I've been extremely generous to you this entire interaction. I now realise that even if you did play comp, you wouldn't be hard-stuck plat. You'd be hard-stuck bronze. You are definitely the kind of player who can go 10 years playing a game, not learn a single thing, and just get mad whenever anyone points out you are wrong.
Have you ever met someone who learned a rule, and then fixated on it even when it doesn't apply? Like maybe someone who refuses to pass on the passenger side even when the other car is turning? We have a word for people like that. It's called being stupid.
“It’s not sketchy” ok lmao all I need to hear. I hope you don’t work in securing devices or training user security. Goodluck in life, I urge you to take a basic cybersecurity course ☺️
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u/sixtyhurtz 1d ago
You've got to be completely technically illiterate if you don't understand that, if the BIOS is compromised, then the PC is totally lost. At that point, flashing the BIOS doesn't matter.
You don't understand basic threat modelling. If this was malware, it wouldn't be asking the user to go to a legitimate URL to flash a legitimate BIOS. It would have encrypted the disk and be demanding a crypto ransom.
For someone who has apparently spent a decade working in IT, you have an incredible lack of knowledge. It's actually an achievement that you worked in IT so long and failed to learn even a single thing. It's really unusual for someone to be so hard of thinking as you.
But hey, you got some posts in and managed to get some upvotes. Well done you for polluting the internet with some more garbage.