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CHIPSEC: Platform Security Assessment Framework
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CHIPSEC is a framework for analyzing the security of PC platforms including hardware, system firmware (BIOS/UEFI), and platform components. It includes a security test suite, tools for accessing various low level interfaces, and forensic capabilities. It can be run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and UEFI shell. Instructions for installing and using CHIPSEC can be found in the [manual](chipsec-manual.pdf).

NOTE: This software is for security testing purposes. Use at your own risk. Read WARNING.txt before using.

First version of CHIPSEC was released in March 2014:
Announcement at CanSecWest 2014: https://cansecwest.com/slides/2014/Platform%20Firmware%20Security%20Assessment%20wCHIPSEC-csw14-final.pdf

Recent presentation on how to use CHIPSEC to find vulnerabilities in firmware, hypervisors and hardware configuration, explore low level system assets and even detect firmware implants:
Exploring Your System Deeper: https://www.slideshare.net/CanSecWest/csw2017-bazhaniuk-exploringyoursystemdeeperupdated

Projects That Include CHIPSEC
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 * Linux UEFI Validation (LUV): https://01.org/linux-uefi-validation
 * BlackArch Linux: https://www.blackarch.org/index.html

Contact Us
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Mailing lists:

 * CHIPSEC users: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chipsec-users
 * CHIPSEC discussion list on 01.org: https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/chipsec

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