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Arizona, Syracuse among teams playing at a Final Four level this season
If you've been reading along here for a while, you may know that I've been tracking every possession in conference play in the top third of Division I for a few seasons now. As the season progresses, I tend to put more and more trust in what those results are revealing.
Then again, since it's still January, I'm not yet to the point where I'm listening to what all those possessions are telling me without significant objections. Still, I've found that this information comes in handy -- even at this point in the season -- as I evaluate the nation's top teams.
So this week, I thought I'd share my admittedly early thoughts on which teams are serious contenders for the national title based on which teams are playing at a Final Four level statistically. Consider this a detailed explanation of the very top of my Power Rankings ballot for this week.
I had occasion to heap praise on Arizona's defense last week, but in case you were too busy to catch that, here's a quick synopsis: Sean Miller has what appears to be one of the best defenses the college game has seen in recent seasons, at least from what we've seen through January. The Wildcats have held Pac-12 opponents to just 0.87 points per possession. It's true that Miller's D received the statistical benefit of 40 minutes against a strikingly inept Washington State offense, but even when you make the necessary adjustment there the defense in Tucson rates out as excellent.
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Albums of the Year: Honorable Mention
By Pitchfork Staff , December 16, 2009
Junior Boys
Begone Dull Care
Begone Dull Care is the sound of Junior Boys becoming career artists. Lacking the out-of-nowhere jolt of Last Exit, and absent an iconic single like So This Is Goodbye's "In the Morning", the Boys' third full-length might seem at a glance like a letdown, but that's only because it's almost wholly hype-resistant. "Electronic Indie-Pop Duo Refines Aesthetic" doesn't exactly make for a splashy headline, especially when we're talking about a group that's always been more concerned with shaded moods and luxuriant tones than attention-grabbing tricks and theatrics. For these preternaturally controlled and undemonstrative Boys, the relatively pressure-free prospect of honing an already near-immaculate sound must have been a genuine, liberating thrill, and it shows in the loving (but not fussy) care invested in these eight stretched-out songs. Braving a tidal wave of early buzz to come out sane and focused on the other side may not be the most edge-of-your-seat story of the year, but it's worthy of real commendation in an age littered with so many hip young flameouts. --Joshua Love
Kurt Vile
God Is Saying This to You
[Mexican Summer]
"My best friends don't even pass this way again/ I think I must have insulted them," Vile murmurs on God Is Saying This to You's "My Best Friends". It's a sad, intriguing half-thought, but Vile doesn't bother to follow up on it-- the line is followed by 20 seconds of wordless acoustic guitar. Then, when he picks back the vocal line back up: "I never understood the words comin' out of a man/ Giving answers to questions I didn't ask." Huh?
Well, Vile isn't one for elaboration, and it's probably part of the reason his best friends don't come around anymore. God Is Saying This to You is an album full of these sorts of maddening little koans-- sideways stabs of self-pity and misanthropy and miles-deep sadness that feint and disappear as soon as they surface. "Get your head out of your ass," he sings on the same song, and it's hard to tell if he's advising himself or just dreamily parroting something he's been told over and over again. In any case, it's a forgone conclusion-- God Is Saying This to You's endlessly lonely acoustic-guitar sketches are the sound of a man cheerily resigned to his solitude. --Jayson Greene
Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas
In a recent magazine article, Brian Eno announced "the death of uncool": "We're living in a stylistic tropics," he declared-- an evolutionary hot zone of subgenre crossbreeding and mutation in which no one fad can gain dominance. Lindstrøm is an intriguing test case-- the lean, stubbly Norwegian has become one of global music's coolest individuals by making music that draws on genres more subject than most to critical stigma. Progressive rock, instrumental jams, and cosmic ambient are all ingredients in II's space disco, though Lindstrøm and regular collaborator Prins Thomas have the dance producers' sense of how to build a track. So II may be trippy, but it's never vulgar. Highlights include the delicious Floydisms of "For Ett Slikk Og Ingenting" and "Skal Vi Proeve Naa"'s mischievous pop bounce, but almost every track has a soupy, languid loveliness that appeals at multiple levels of concentration. Headphone sessions on the beach? Sure, but it's just as great when you're doing the dishes. --Tom Ewing
When Maxwell announced he was returning from nowhere with his first new album in nearly a decade, one might have expected a clearing-house epic making up for all that lost time. Instead, the singer delivered something more restrained and rewarding, a mere nine-song, less-than-40-minute song cycle (admittedly, the first part of a proposed trilogy) notable for its subtlety and not its excess. If that puts Maxwell at stark odds with so many other chart-toppers, his long self-imposed exile (he was off "enjoying life," you see) indicates he probably couldn't care less. What he does care about is capturing something deeper and more satisfying than surface-smooth. The arrangements here are downright dapper, with horn stabs in all the right places and human interplay emphasized over trendy mechanized programmed. Meanwhile, Maxwell himself sails along in complete control, rising to the occasion without going over the top. Neo-soul? Hardly. There's nothing "neo" about it. --Joshua Klein
Gather, Form & Fly
Until this year, the members of Megafaun were best known for having shared a band with Bon Iver. But when DeYarmond Edison broke up and Justin Vernon decamped to Wisconsin, the Cook brothers and drummer Joe Westerlund stayed in North Carolina, where they continued to absorb the Appalachian influences and the weird vibe of a state scene that has produced some amazing records in 2009. With their first full-length, following last year's discursive mini-album, Bury the Square, they lived up to the album title: Gather Form & Fly is a remarkably confident and inventive rethinking of Americana traditions, and its formally deconstructive tendencies add to rather than detract from its disarming sincerity. "Columns" and "Impressions of the Past" change shape with each measure, as if aggressively uncontainable, while "Kaufman's Ballad" and the heartbreaking "The Fade" deploy more focused-- read: more traditional-- melodies and dynamic group harmonies. The rattling, rambling album makes no distinctions between song and sound, between old and new, rural and urban, or heart and head. --Stephen M. Deusner
Years of Refusal
[Lost Highway]
"I was driving my car, I crashed and broke my spine/ So yes, there are things worse in life than never being someone's sweetie," sings Morrissey on "That's How People Grow Up". It's an amazing line from a guy who could out-write almost anyone even without feeling below his neck, but it's also a tad misleading. Because Years of Refusal isn't the album where Moz, now 50, learns from the errors of his youth, buttons up his shirt, ditches the electric guitars, blah blah etc. In fact, it may be his angriest work. "It's Not Your Birthday Anymore" is a Hall of Fame breakup song from a guy who knows something about the genre; "Did you really think we meant all of those syrupy, sentimental things that we said yesterday?" he yells, post-love resentment, detachment, and despondence balled up tight. The specter of mortality seeps in, too, its traces highlighted by Moz's recent onstage collapse due to "breathing difficulties" in October. "One day goodbye will be farewell," he warns, "so grab me while you still have the time." Considering this spiky offering, it's not like he's leaving us much choice. --Ryan Dombal
Fabric 45
Omar-S' Fabric 45 mix-- an hour-long purée of the producer's work this decade-- can inspire vastly different listening experiences. Omar's clacking house productions can conjure, in quick succession, a blockbuster rooftop party or intensely private, closed-door sessions. Such is the range of the cantankerous Detroiter (Omar works in a Ford plant) whose productions simultaneously reflect his city's gray-brown exterior and transcend it. No, Fabric 45 isn't some graffiti-can-be-beautiful urban-art reclamation project: It is precise and aggressive and willful, brushing off labels like "deep house" or "tech house" and letting its imaginative song titles create little mini-genres: "Psychotic Photosynthesis" is forest-floor funk; "Oasis 13 ½" is Kodachrome jazz fusion. Omar erects these little worlds and burrows into them with clacking drum machines and warped utterances, but he never overstays his welcome, segueing to the next track often after two or three minutes. Only a producer as insulated and furtive as Omar-S could weave it all together. --Andrew Gaerig
Rated O
The daunting, rambling, inspiring 114-minute 3xCD Rated O "is supposed to contain Oneida," Kid Millions told Dusted. "Which is an impossible ambition. But it's fun, too." Can't argue with that-- whether you connect with the swinging rock, proggish journeys, abstract soundscapes, or dubby electro, it's hard not to be entertained by Rated O's unfettered liberty. Oneida have rarely done anything that sounds constrained, but this time around freedom is the unifying theme, allowing these bubbling brains to pursue whatever creative impulses they want to dive into. Yet much of the music is tight and focused, which may be why Oneida remain so oddly underappreciated-- their singular combo of accessible songs and extended jams falls between whatever two poles (rock and noise, written and improvised, big and small) you can think of. Rated O fuses those opposites into one huge, indivisible act-- and in that sense, maybe it really does contain Oneida. --Marc Masters
The Rural Alberta Advantage
[Saddle Creek]
Saddle Creek had been slowly expanding its brand by signing the likes of Tokyo Police Club and UUVVWWZ, but upon reissuing the Rural Alberta Advantage's 2008 self-released Hometowns, they came upon their best record in years by staying in their early-decade wheelhouse-- unvarnished vocals, rickety orchestration, and good ol' fashioned heartland yearning. "Rush Apart" and "Luciana" devoutly worship at the altar of Jeff Mangum, but the sparest songs of Hometowns hit the hardest. "Frank, AB", "Don't Haunt This Place", and "Sleep All Day" skitter by on little more than thin veils of cello, organ, acoustic guitar, and twitchy, papery drum fills while Nils Edenloff adjusts his emotional lens to go widescreen and microscopic-- small towns are devastated by catastrophe, individuals by an ex's keys hanging for days in a drafty apartment. Though the performances are spirited, the arrangements crucially mirror the quiet, nervous breakdowns upon realizing that home is where the heart is, even when you're hundreds of miles away from both. --Ian Cohen
The Smith Westerns
The Smith Westerns
It kind of sucks that these guys are so young. On one hand, it's impressive to watch a group of teenage garage rock upstarts abandon all things Nuggets in favor of girl-group doo-wop structures and glammy guitar hedonism. But having every favorable mention of the Smith Westerns dissolve into something about their age felt really cheap, especially when their debut ended up being this charming and well-informed. Loose, playful, and seriously hormonal, The Smith Westerns' lo-fi pretense was overshadowed by clean, emphatic songwriting without a hint of sneer or irony. As wise as it is goofy and lovelorn, you can't help but want to buy these guys a beer after it's through. --Zach Kelly
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Dark Was the Night
No one ever has particularly high hopes for charity compilations, but Dark Was the Night-- a 2xCD collection of songs by independent-minded artists (many Brooklyn-based), compiled and produced by brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner of the National for the Red Hot Organization-- seemed to capture the indie rock zeitgeist in 2009. Although its title was snatched from a Blind Willie Johnson song, the tracks culled by the Dessners actually pushed away from wholly blues-based idioms in rock, favoring artists-- Grizzly Bear, Sufjan Stevens, Dirty Projectors, the Books, Riceboy Sleeps-- that incorporate chamber, world, and other formerly under-represented genres into their sound. Undeniable highlights include some unexpected, if fruitful, pairings: the David Byrne and Dirty Projectors collaboration "Knotty Pine", Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner's "Big Red Machine", and the Books and José González's "Cello Song". --Amanda Petrusich
Washed Out
Life of Leisure EP
[Mexican Summer]
Ernest Greene, aka Washed Out, may have had time on his hands this past summer, but it was hardly by choice: He was unemployed and actively seeking a regular paycheck. Like countless victims of the new economy, the recent college grad even had to move back in with his parents in Perry, Georgia, where he recorded this EP. Fortunately for the rest of us, Leisure is more escapist fantasy than involuntary vacation. From the very first lines, Greene makes no secret of his intentions ("Gotta get up/ Gotta get away"), imagining a decadently lethargic, beach-bum existence-- one far removed from the dull procession of job applications and phone screens. It's a seductive break from reality, an extravagant denial tailor-made for the saddest summer ever. --Jonathan Garrett
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Not surprised to find the infamous peach pits in this pick LOL as for me, the sugar skull is just so cute, I would use dyed magnesite flat disks in rainbow colors with chain in a wire wrap combo in an asymeticral(sp?) chain necklace as a "Day of the Dead" necklace. And the Lapis cab which I want so bad, I would do a Lisa Barth wire woven bezel (see this link http://www.jewelrylessons.com/.....l-tutorial )
Thanks for the skull and lapis tips. I'll be sure to check out the tutorial — I'm always into expanding what I can do.
I love the sugar skull, don't have it yet but it is in my wish list. As a goth chick, I'll know what to do with it Use it in a black design, that for sure!
I don't know why a person would want anything to do with macabre images. But the peach pits have possibility.
I like the natural look of the Vintaj woodland brass toggle, but I can't seem to get beyond the, how shall I say it, "anatomical" look of it. Paging Dr. Freud!
I'm with you — the toggle to me looks a little to Sapphic or something. Even so, I'd love to see somebody use it well.
Aqua Chickie Cat — what would you DO with the peach pits? I'm stumped.
yeah, but there is that stick part too… (giggle)
gee, thanks you two, now I cannot use that toggle either LOL, too funny I'm glad the ball is rolling on these comments. I would wear the angry man as earrings on a bad hair day
Sometimes a twig is just a twig.
I have "top secret" notebook page of ideas for the peach pits.
OMG! I sooooo have to get that toggle now!! All the skulls and macabre stuff I could SO work with, all kinds of gothic oriented pieces come to mind. I've not done it, bit I think those triangular fwps could make a pretty rockin choker, with the addition of the right beads, and/or fwps, of a different color of course. The black onyx matte I can visualize teamed with coral rounds, snowflake obsidian, and maybe a black rose pendant. Hae to think on the others, the peach pits though, might be pretty cool with really brightly colored beads, clashing if possible, strung on elastic as a fun kids bracelet or necklace.
so not touching that Aqua Chickie….in my younger years I heard oh SO much about branches, logs and trees…only to find a sad little twig….lmao!
Wishingstone, thanks for a really thought provoking Pick, I'm LMAO at the comments here about that vintaj woodland clasp…
too bad LB doesn't have that lil' fairy sprite charm right now, or I would make a fairy woodland piece of some kind…
the black matte beads, biwa triangles and maidenhair tresses are puzzling to me… likewise w/ the cute lil' peach pits and octagon artistic jasper donut!!
Maidenhair tresses easily become a hair barrette.
Or cousin It's bride
It's been a few days now, and I've laughed REALLY hard whenever I thought of this pick. Mostly I'm still baffled… and amused.
Ha ha, I have used the Vintaj toggle in a bracelet with woodland colours of soft green and purple & coppery brown. Now I will see that toggle in a new way …
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the movie was amazing yeah. don't give a shit bout the band though haha
They could be good if they had a better singer.
The doc was a good watch. Good guys trying to make it in a hard industry. Definitely a niche band at this point, but I wish them the best.
Metal on metal
It's what I crave
Band needs to stop.
The reason they never made it was because even for cock rock they were never good.
documentary was heart-warming.
aw they're not that bad
look at them, trying to make it in the metal world and still believing that they just might one day :')
They'll be one of those bands that gets appreciated once they die
pretty solid song
saw them live. can tell they just want to have fun playing music. good for them.
Will definitely check the album.
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At 17, Robert Brand spent his summer holidays in Sydney wiring video and audio connections for Nasa to relay Apollo 11's images from the Moon to the world.
More than 40 years later, Brand hopes to communicate with another craft destined for the lunar surface as part of an international race to land a robot on the Moon by the end of 2015.
The Google Lunar X Prize will award $20 million to the first privately funded team to successfully land an unmanned craft on the Moon. The craft must travel 500m and send data and images back to Earth to claim the prize.
Brand's Team Stellar, which comprises international space experts, including scientists who worked on Felix Baumgartner's freefall from the edge of space, plans to build a mission control centre in Sydney and Croatia.
''Australia is so ideal to be part of the whole process, we have the infrastructure and expertise,'' said Brand, who runs an aerospace and underground communications company, and is the team's communications director.
Team Stellar plans to buy a spacecraft of similar size and shape to the 21-metre SpaceX rocket that supplied cargo to the International Space Station earlier this year.
It will house a rocket-powered lander and a combined battery/solar-powered rover to explore the surface, both of which team members plan to build themselves.
As the lander will detach from the rocket upon re-entry, it will need to withstand the Sun's solar radiation as well as the heat that rises from the surface of the Moon.
To communicate with the craft, the team will set up a deep space communications network comprising three 30m antennae at different locations around the world. One antenna will be bought and erected in central New South Wales.
If the lunar landing is successful, the Curiosity-sized rover (similar to the Nasa rovers being used in the Mars missions) will capture high-quality video and audio, which the lander will beam to Earth via radio waves.
The team plans to conduct trial experiments from Australia and other countries before the final launch in mid-2014 in the country where they purchase the rocket.
Despite the complex nature of space travel, Brand was confident his team will reach the Moon.
''It's not beyond the capacity of a well educated person to make it successful,'' said Brand, who was in Dubai this week for Team Stellar's first face-to-face meeting.
''If for some reason the rover fails, hopefully we'll have a secondary unit that will be able to send pics back [to Earth],'' he said.
Brand estimates his team will be able to send a craft to the Moon for less than $50 million.
Teams must raise 90 per cent of their funds from private companies or donors. Team Stellar has already secured some financial backing.
Regardless of the team's success, Brand believes the competition, with 25 registered teams from around the world, will showcase the opportunities for private companies in space and expose school children to the wonders of space travel.
He hopes to involve Australian university students in the team's preparations as well.
''There's very little opportunity [in Australia] where people can get hands-on experience in space,'' he said.
Their deep space network of antennae will remain after the competition to be used for other space ventures.
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TV actress Rupali Ganguly is expecting her first baby in a few weeks and describes pregnancy as a once in a lifetime experience.
"I am feeling so great. Like everyone says, it's a once in a lifetime experience. Sometimes I walk like a penguin... I suddenly feel everything is in a slow motion mode. Whatever I used to do in five minutes now takes me half-an-hour to accomplish. But it is such a wonderful feeling," Rupali said here at her Parvarrish's co-star Shweta Tiwari's wedding on Saturday.
Rupali left Parvarrish because of her pregnancy and admits that she doesn't miss the show at all.
"Actually, I miss the kids but not the show. I thought I would miss the show, but I haven't felt like that. Out of curiosity, I watched two-three episodes to check out what was happening. Even though I don't miss the show, I miss my on-screen kids Rashi (Sparsh Khanchandani) and Sunny (Rakshit Wahi)," she said.
When asked if she plans to come back after having her baby, Rupali said: "No, I want to enjoy all this for now... at least for a year."
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All the best Rupali di for your baby and take good care of yourself...! God bless..! Loved your characters like Monisha and Pinky...! Nobody can fill your space..!
Barkha is doing nice as pinky.
Barkha is fine as Pinky... don't miss Rupali at all! although I don't really care for the Ahuja's... the show should be more about Ahuwalia's!
ps. I-F please tag Shweta Tiwari in this article... Rupali said this at Shweta's wedding after all!
i loved her as monisha in sarabhai vs sarabai!!!
I dont like Barkha as Pinky at all. Rupali was actually far better n she really suited the role
I actually really like Barkha as Pinky... and I am not missing Rupali at all, though I thought I would
i miss u as monisha sarabhai !!!
All the best with the baby
Barkha is doing such good job as Pinky.. love u barkha
good luck with the baby rupali
nor do we miss you rupali. I dont think i would miss anyone if the entire ahuja family takes an exit from the show! Lol JK, best wishes for your baby. :)
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Computer security has become much harder to manage in recent years, and this is due to the fact that attackers continuously come up with new and more effective ways to attack our systems. As attackers become increasingly sophisticated we as security professionals must ensure that they do not have free rein over the systems that we are hired to protect. An attack vector that many people forget to consider is the boot process, which is almost completely controlled by the BIOS.
The BIOS is a privileged piece of software that is generally ignored by day-to-day users and thus they are usually unable to comprehend the importance of it in our computers. The Basic Input/Output System was first invented by Gary Kildall for use in his operating system CP/M and this became what we now know as the conventional BIOS system. The BIOS appeared in IBM-compatible PCs around 1975 and was used extensively in the CP/M operating system. This was later used in the MSDOS systems where it was known as DOS BIOS. These systems were only responsible for basic preboot hardware initializations before handing over control to the bootloader. This was fine 30 years ago, when software was simpler and attacks were not very predominant, thus the BIOS was not designed with security in mind. However, in today's world this is no longer the case. BIOS security lacks several features that make it vulnerable to external attack.
These are some notable attacks carried out against BIOS systems:
Chernobyl Attack (1998) - Also known as CIH or Spacefiller was the first major attack on BIOS systems. This virus installs on the windows memory and hooks into file access calls and infects all the currently executing programs. Then the virus tries to flash the BIOS rom by filling it with zeros. The other payload infects the Master Boot Record (MBR) by filling the first megabyte of the hard disk with zeros.
Mebromi (2012) - Is made up of a BIOS rootkit, MBR rootkit, Trojan downloader and PE infector. This Trojan deletes a specific registry value and checks for the BIOS manufacturer. If it's Award BIOS, it then infects the BIOS ROM and in turn infects the Master BOOT Record (MBR) and alters it allowing the execution of an infected program at each Operating System start-up.
We attempt to prevent such attacks by outlining several attack vectors and also suggest several mechanisms for the mitigation of attacks against the BIOS.
BIOS (Basic Input Output System)
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), also known as the system BIOS or ROM BIOS, is a standard defining a firmware interface. BIOS software is built into the PC, and is the first software run by a PC when powered on. The fundamental purposes of the BIOS are to initialize and test the system hardware components, and to start the boot loader or an operating system from a secondary storage device. It also takes care of essential system functions such as power management and temperature regulation. It provides an abstraction layer for the underlying hardware by providing a consistent way for operating systems and application programs to interact with various input/output devices.
Changes in system hardware are abstracted by the BIOS from programs that use BIOS services instead of directly accessing the hardware. BIOS software is stored on a non-volatile ROM chip on the motherboard. Its unique design makes it compatible for particular models of computer, interfacing with various devices that make up the complementary chipset of the system. In modern PCs the BIOS contents are stored on an EEPROM chip.
An EEPROM chip or Electronically Erasable Programmable Read only memory is a type of non-volatile memory used by many electronic devices that requires small amounts of data to be stored for quick access. The contents of an EEPROM chip can be flashed, i.e., they can be overwritten with new data. This allows BIOS software to be easily upgraded to add new features and bug fixes. This feature is also one of the reasons that BIOS chipsets are vulnerable to attack.
Why BIOS Is in Blue
Most BIOS Screens will be blue; this is due to how the BIOS Manufacturers implement general BIOS color attributes. BIOS Color Attributes are 8-bit values where the lower 4 bits represent the character color and the higher 4 bits represent the background color. In BIOS, to print a white character in blue background the 'BIOS colour attribute' would be set to a hexadecimal value of 0x1F.
Under certain conditions, setting the highest bit of the background color may cause the text to blink instead of making the background color intensified. In this context the highest bit of the background color should be kept low according to the BIOS color attribute distribution. As a result the Blue color which comprises value '1′ in hexadecimal is generally used for an uninterrupted BIOS display with intensified background with clear text.
Top BIOS Manufacturers
BIOS software is developed by several companies around the world and are usually deeply integrated with the system motherboard. Several of the most popular BIOS manufacturers are:
- American Mega Trends
- WinBond
- Phoenix
- Award
Role of BIOS
The BIOS has an essential role in the boot process of the computer also known as bootstrapping. It initializes system hardware, manages ACPI, and regulates CPU temperatures during the booting process. The major responsibilities of the BIOS are listed below:
- Establish Trust: The BIOS is responsible for verifying the integrity of all the hardware components in the system and also to authenticate them before use. This is done with the help of Core Root of Trust Measurement (CRTM), which basically checks if the hardware is valid and that its integrity has not been compromised.
- Test Hardware: The secondary functionality of the BIOS is to initialize and test the hardware present on the computer before it's used. Hardware such as the motherboard, chipset and memory are included in this test. This is generally carried out during POST (Power-On-Self-Test).
- Load additional Modules: Several devices present on the computer may require additional firmware for its proper functioning. The BIOS ensures that such additional firmware modules are loaded and executed. These may be stored in the BIOS chip itself or some secondary storage device.
- Boot Device Selection: After the above steps have been carried out, the BIOS starts to detect a valid boot device, e.g., USB drives, dard disk, etc. Once such a device has been found it executes the bootloader found on that device.
- Start Operating System: After this the actual bootstrapping process begins, the bootloader starts to execute and begins to load the OS kernel into memory. Once the kernel has been initialized the BIOS transfers full control to the Operating System.
BIOS Overview
System BIOS can be of two types namely:
- Legacy BIOS
- BIOS based upon the UEFI specification
Conventional BIOS (Legacy BIOS)
The Legacy BIOS or conventional BIOS is the tried and true BIOS type that has been around for years. It's generally a 16-bit program that is flashed onto a ROM chip and placed in the motherboard of the computer. This type of BIOS is very outdated and more vulnerable to attack, therefore it's advisable to use a newer and more stable specification.
The key component in conventional BIOS is a boot block. This part is logically separated from other parts of the BIOS and initially executed during the BIOS boot process. Then the boot block checks the integrity of the remaining firmware in BIOS and if any is corrupted recovers those. The boot block then initializes almost all the hardware associated with the system by using a Power-On-Self-Test (POST). During this procedure low-level hardware components like Memory, CPU, Chipset, etc., are initialized.
After this process, it then loads other option ROMS like Video Cards, SCSI Controller Cards, and Network Boot ROM that have their own BIOS software. This Option ROMS could inform the BIOS about its functionality, and then it could be called later on in the boot process depending on the order the user had selected. Then the BIOS checks the Master BOOT Record (MBR) in the order of the boot device's priority. If any storage device has a valid data that relates to MBR, it is selected. MBR then points to a corresponding boot loader of an operating system and thus in turns loads the operating system.
In a conventional Boot process, the System Management Mode (SMM) can be initiated by using SMI handlers and ACPI table's code. System Management Mode is a 32-bit mode that runs on high-privileged mode that can override almost all the hardware security mechanisms of the protected mode. In order to change to SMM mode, BIOS loads SMI handlers and initializes the ACPI tables and codes
Legacy BIOS Boot Process
When a computer is first powered on the BIOS is the first piece of software that is executed. The boot block then executes a POST (Power-On-Self-Test), thereby ensuring that all the hardware on the system is valid and accounted for. After the POST screen the user has the option to load the BIOS screen or to continue booting the current operating system instead. This is done by pressing a pre-designated key on the keyboard. This key may vary depending on the BIOS manufacturer. The BIOS then checks if any additional pieces of firmware have to be loaded for individual devices on the computer if so, then these modules are loaded and executed.
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a specification that was first designed by Intel in the 1990s for its Itanium range of computer systems. It was originally called the EFI specification and was intended to be a better replacement for legacy BIOS systems. UEFI has several advantages over the conventional BIOS and is radically different from these older systems.
The UEFI specification defines a programmable software interface that lies between the device firmware and the operating system. It provides an almost OS-like interface to device firmware. Depending on the manufacturer it may lie on top of the BIOS but it's generally placed in the /EFI/ directory on some form of non-volatile memory. This may either be a NAND chip on the motherboard, a hard drive or even on a network share.
Differences Between UEFI and Legacy BIOS
There are several differences between conventional BIOS and UEFI systems and many of them add greater functionality and power to the computer. It also provides a more efficient and secure booting mechanism.
- Larger Address Space: Conventional BIOS were forced to work in a 16-bit mode with a maximum of 1mb addressable space. UEFI allows running in 32- and 64-bit mode allowing larger and more sophisticated programs to be run by the UEFI.
- Support for Larger File Systems: Traditional BIOS only supports the booting of disks that have MBR partitions. MBR partitioning schemes only support 4 partitions per disk and a maximum size of 2TB. UEFI supports the booting of GPT partitions (GUID partitions), which allow the booting of extremely large disks up to 8Zb.
- Improved Security Capabilities: The UEFI specification also improves on the security aspects of the older BIOS systems. It supports several security features such as secure boot. It also has provisions for providing basic cryptographic and public key infrastructure.
- CPU independent design: UEFI has employed a CPU independent design methodology, i.e., it can run on many different types of architectures. The code available is compiled differently for the required platform.
- Powerful Execution Environment: The UEFI specification provides a much more powerful execution environment for computers. It allows special features such as booting over a network, using the mouse, ACPI control and even browsing the web.
- Improved Performance: UEFI-compliant operating systems have been seen to have a significant performance boost not just during the boot process but also during running and powering off the system.
Windows 8 uses UEFI
UEFI, although supported by several operating system vendors for years, has not seen widespread adoption until the release of Windows 8. Windows 8 has tried to incorporate the best parts of UEFI into their latest operating system release particularly the secure boot feature.
Secure Boot
One of UEFI's most interesting feature is called Secure Boot; it allows you to boot only an authenticated OS kernel. Windows 8 relies heavily on this method to ensure that only authenticated firmware with a validated kernel image can be booted. This is quite different from older bootstrapping methodologies where any kind of bootloading code can be loaded and executed by the BIOS.
In secure a boot before the BIOS gives full control to the OS, bootloader makes sure that the firmware has been signed. This is done with the help of cryptographic signatures that are embedded on the firmware by the OEM. During the boot process the firmware will compare the platform key with the key present in the firmware of each device. This comparison is carried out between a database of authenticated valid keys; if the key is allowed then the firmware is allowed to execute, otherwise it is rejected.
This allows only authenticated devices to be loaded and ensures that malicious bootloader code is not loaded and executed. The safe boot mechanism in Windows 8 significantly reduces the chances of boot sector viruses and bootkits from launching and affecting the boot process of the machine.
UEFI Boot Process
The UEFI boot process is much like the boot process in conventional BIOS with a few minor changes. The process is divided into stages that take place sequentially and ends with the complete handover of control to the operating system. UEFI booting runs in a 32-bit or 64-bit protected mode on the CPU, not in a 16-bit mode, unlike legacy BIOS.
UEFI also starts with a small amount of code that begins the execution of the entire booting process. This phase is called the security phase (SEC) and it acts as the core root of trust. This is followed by the Pre-EFI initialization (PEI). This mode is similar to the Legacy bios pre-boot initialization phase in which device firmware is checked before boot. Then the driver execution environment is started where the actual initialization of extra device drivers takes place; devices such as network cards and graphic cards are checked in this phase.
The boot device is selected during the BDS (Boot Device Selection) phase. This then transfers control to the bootloader that is located in a GPT partition; the bootloader handles the loading of the OS kernel into memory.
Common BIOS Threats
BIOS is always written to a non-volatile storage device such as an EEPROM which allows the content of the ROM to be overwritten to introduce bug fixes and updates for the particular BIOS version. However this also has great potential for misuse such that malicious programs may also have the ability to modify the contents of the ROM disk if given enough access.
User Initiated Attack
This type of attack is carried out by an end user who uses an unauthenticated file to update the BIOS.. This can be carried out by an end user who doesn't have prior knowledge about the update file or a user with malicious intent.
Malware Attack
Malware attacks can be used to exploit vulnerability in bios. The attacker opens a backdoor to the system and cause a BIOS. crash using a vulnerable update version of BIOS.
Network Based or Organizational Attack
This is a large scale and crucial attack on an organizational basis. An attacker who gets access to a compromised update server can carry out an organizational wide attack and infect all systems by rolling out all authorized BIOS. versions to malicious ones.
How Do We Mitigate Common BIOS Threats
This section describes the security measures that an organization should implement in order to secure the BIOS. Since vulnerability in BIOS is crucial point to a system, it is important that every organization should follow predefined guidelines to secure the BIOS structure. The following method can be implemented in an enterprise structure to enhance BIOS security
In order to overcome the malicious attacks on BIOS, we can implement following methods:
- Digital Authentication Method
- Rollback Prevention Method
- Physical Authentication Method
Automated Authentication Method
In this method, the authenticity of BIOS can be ensured through digital signatures. Here BIOS updates should only be installed if its authenticity is verified. Here digital signature embedded update images by BIOS manufactures will be the last level of authorization. This process can be automated by using a signature verification algorithm that ensures the validity of the digital signatures. This digital authentication method must be integrated by providing strong security features.
Rollback Prevention Method
Implement a mechanism that ensures the update images of BIOS so that it will not be rolled back to previous versions. This method ensures that if an update image is to be installed, it should be ensured that its version number is greater than the current one. This can ensure that the b BIOS version is not roll backed to a previous image that contains vulnerability.
In some cases if the current higher version has to be rolled back to a previous lesser version, i.e., if the current updated version of the BIOS contains vulnerability and there are no higher version updates to be installed and the earlier lesser version is stable than the current one. In this case the corresponding authority has to ensure that the lesser version does not contain any vulnerability.
Physical Authentication Method
This method provides the authenticity of updated images by ensuring the physical presence of the corresponding authority (system administrator). Here the authorities can verify the update images and update the BIOS, if the image is a valid one. This method can be used as a subsidiary to digital authentication method by providing as a recovery mechanism in situations like bios crash.
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