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[โ€“] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Secure boot should stop this, but I don't see it mentioned in the article.

[โ€“] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It wouldn't, I don't think. Secure boot is the bios/uefi verifying the rest, but this replaces the bios/uefi with something malicious.