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Genetic Engineering Meets Reverse Engineering: DNA Sequencer’s Vulnerable BIOS
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Genetic Engineering Meets Reverse Engineering: DNA Sequencer’s Vulnerable BIOS

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Andy Stern
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Eclypsium’s research team has identified BIOS/UEFI vulnerabilities in a popular DNA gene sequencer made by Illumina, a leading genomics and healthcare technology vendor. More specifically, we found that the Illumina iSeq 100 used a very outdated implementation of BIOS firmware using CSM mode and without Secure Boot or standard firmware write protections. This would allow…

First seen on securityboulevard.com

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