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Simple CPUID Utility For UEFI Shell

This post discusses the CPUID opcode which is available for IA32 and IA64/AMD64 platforms. The source code for a simple cpuid utility is also provided.

Adding and Removing Disks From VMware RHEL7 Guests Without Rebooting

In this post, I show you how to quickly add or delete a virtual disk in a running Red Hat or CentOS guest VM, running on VMware Workstation or VMware Player, without rebooting the guest.

Decrypt PROLiNK ADSL Modem Configuration File To Reveal Backdoor

In this post, I show you how to decrypt the configuration file for a very popular PROLiNK ADSL router modem. This revealed an undocumented backdoor account with elevated privileges and other interesting configuration options and settings.

Use 010 Editor to Obtain Header Fields From Intel Microcode Binary Files

In this post, I use an 010 Editor script and template to extract and display specific microcode header fields for a set of Intel microcode binary blobs.

Examining Intel Microcode in Lenovo Firmware Updates

This post demonstrates how to extract Intel microcode updates from a Lenovo firmware update using UEFItool and subsequently use an 010 Editor template to extract useful information from the extracted Intel microcode updates.