firmware security
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Asahi 7.1 maps the DMA layer under macOS
Asahi Linux 7.1 exposes Apple Silicon coprocessors, DART IOMMU boundaries, and a silent SMC firmware ABI change - the layer below every macOS EDR agent.
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Sixty-three days to patch a forked parser
Technical breakdown of the FrontierOS RCE: a forked XML parser, an unpatched two-year-old CVE, and the fork-tracking failure that shipped it.
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Motorola signed its own kill switch
Motorola's silent firmware push bricked its WiFi router line. The mechanism is identical to AcidRain. Here is what failed and why it repeats.