Tag: Gigabyte

Gigabyte Hit with RansomEXX attack and could be big problems for the Motherboard manufacturer

Paul
Blame the Broker

Bleeping Computer

It seems bleeping computer is the one who is first reporting but as you can see if you go to the Gigabyte homepage. You’ll find that there homepage has been changed a little with the about us graphic being changed to this little blame the broker gif.   It is a reference to the BlackMatter that was recently been reborn from REvil and Darkmatter.  So this is definitely a sign that they have been hacked and attacked.  According to Bleleping Computers the attack was done by the RansomEXX gang but I have my own thoughts on this that it was also part of the BlackMatter group who also helped out in this hack.

Gigabyte Support

According to all sources I could find, the esupport website is currently down.  There have been reports that RansomEXX will release 112gb of data to the public that involves customers and business relationships such as Intel, AMD, and even American Megatrends.  I’ve not seen to much other than that right.   I can only imagine that all this data is NDA.   Gigabyte even confirmed this in the Chinese media outlet to have been attacked by hackers.

Customer Data

I don’t know what data the hackers actually have or what they intend to do about it.   I’ve not even heard what type of data the hackers have.   We just know that they have some serious data that is about the relationships between Gigabyte and other manufacturers that is startling to say the least and we don’t even know everything that is behind this attack.  We just know that it will be interesting to see what will happen in the coming weeks.  I’ve still seen people on twitter and other places complaining they can’t get to the esuppport websites on twitter.  Hopefully someone will talk about this in the coming weeks.  I know I want to find out what actually happened.

How to install Windows 11 on a given system.

Paul

Windows 11

Install Windows 11

It’s not as easy as it seems. Ever since Microsoft has told us what the requirements will be for Windows 11, there will be more than that for you to use Windows 11.   Some of the issues some users are having is going from non-secure boot to changing the partition to secure boot.   The problems associated has been far a wide for the people who are in the Preview program.   So what do you really need to do to install Windows 11.   I am will talk about some of the things you will probably need to do to get it to work on your system.

Gigabyte Motherboards

I currently have a B460M DS3H AC and finding Secure boot for my motherboard isn’t as easy as it seems.  I had to first update my bios from factory default to the latest.   You can download the bios for this motherboard and flash the motherboard with the latest bios updates.   It seems the latest bios F5B bios update has secure boot automatically enabled but for those who do not want to update their bios to the latest version.   In order to get secure to work on your motherboard you have to go to Advanced settings > Boot Menu.   Once there, you will need to scroll down to CSM and I needed to disable that to get secure boot to work.  Once that is down you can now have access to secure boot.

Converting your Partition

If you are like me have a MBR(Master Boot Record) partition than you will need to convert to GPT(GUID Partition Table) partition, in order to be able to run in secure boot.  There is a tool that can do that for you call MBR2GPT offered by Microsoft to be able to convert your partition to GPT.  Once you do this, than you can enable secure boot and have it ready for Windows 11.   Since we are talking about the preview build and not the actual build I can only sumeize that it will be required with Windows 11 when it is finally active.   It will be a long and hard process for many because there are several reasons why someone won’t want to go to GPT partition.   I haven’t decided if I will or not but I wanted to show you how to install Windows 11 preview if you are one of those who wanted to try Windows 11 but didn’t have the necessary system setup the right to be able to install it.

Still not Compatible

WhynotWin11 Capability Tool

If you are still having problems figuring out why you can’t install Windows.   There is a Great little tool that will tell you what you have or don’t have enabled or what hardware you are missing to be able to install Windows 11 and what you might need to do to get all the requirements for Windows 11.   In the end, this will at least help those who want to install Windows 11.   I’m still not sure if I will but at least you can now know what you need to do to be able to install Windows 11.