By Lily Hay Newman, Wired.com, August 16, 2016
APPLE’S REFUSAL TO comply with a court order to help the FBI crack an iPhone highlighted the pressure tech companies face to include backdoors in their software. This “new crypto war” pits public safety concerns against the argument that backdoors and robust security are mutually exclusive. A seemingly innocuous Windows feature designed to protect users underscores that point.
Two hackers published evidence on Tuesday showing that attackers can exploit a feature called Secure Boot and install the type of malicious software the feature was created to protect against. “You can see the irony,” the researchers, known by the handles Slipstream and MY123, wrote.
