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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hundreds of Windows and Linux computer models from virtually all hardware makers are vulnerable to a new attack that executes malicious firmware early in the boot-up sequence, a feat that allows infections that are nearly impossible to detect or remove using current defense mechanisms. The …