Nasty BIOS bug slugs Gigabyte, hackers say

Gigabyte has been swept into turmoil surrounding low-level security vulnerabilities that allows attackers to kill flash protection, secure boot, and tamper with firmware on PCs by Lenovo and other vendors.

Unconfirmed reports suggest the hardware vendor has used the “ThinkPwn” vulnerable code, thought to be born of Intel reference code, on four of its motherboards: Z68-UD3H, Z77X-UD5H, Z87MX-D3H, and Z97-D3H.