June 16, 2021
PXE remote booting is subject to man in the middle attacks, something the NSA is quite capable of spoofing.
>Is it possible to use “USB Boot Support” to compromise a machine?
Yes. One could reboot it to a USB stick, modify the machine's contents and then reboot it without the USB device.
>What does “Boot from PXE Device: Embedded Network Interface Controller” mean?
It means the machine will boot using communication to a remote machine so instead of reading the bootstrap data (OS) from the machine, it gets it from another machine on the network (which could be the internet.)
>Why does the Image Cast Central (ICC) need both "Wireless" and "Cloud Desktop" options?
>Is "using Cloud Desktop over a wireless connection" just a fancy way of saying "REMOTE ACCESS"?
Different protocols to do the same thing - it boots using bootstrap data from a remote machine rather than the local storage.
we know we're over the target when the spooks start posting this kind of shit.
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>So does this mean that despite whatever baseline programing that is onboard the subject machine, it can be subverted /bypassed via the boot up sequence of the remote machine while the subject machine appears perfectly normal and to be running off the onboard "approved" programming?
Yes.
Depending on whether or not they've subverted the BIOS, they may be able to make the machine appear to have a virtually identical boot process as a local storage boot.
Most likely, though, if a person who really knows what is going on were watching the screen during the boot process, they'd be able to tell it was booting remotely.
But not if they snarfed the BIOS so it was either invisible (disable screen during boot) or changed so it appeared to be booting from a local device.
Just as an aside, from my experience with these assholes (criminals), they're sloppy. They are so arrogant they likely wouldn't have even bothered trying to change the way the boot looks. They think they're geniuses and everyone else is an idiot.
Just sayin'.
>We do a little trolling
As long as you're not squirting that stupid Tesla 3-6-9 crap I'm good.
>AND if we were listening to the wire, we could have copies of the OS downloaded and booted over PXE!
Now you know why Q posted this.