Vulnerability in popular bootloader puts locked-down Linux computers at risk

Dec 17, 2015, 10:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Lucian Constantin)

Pressing the backspace key 28 times can bypass the Grub2 bootloader's password protection and allow a hacker to install malware on a locked-down Linux system.

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