Independent security researcher
Alx14 is a cybersecurity specialist and a *wares researcher. He specializes in internal and external pentesting. Also, he does reverse engineering on a variety of hardware devices, from femtocells and phones to UEFI firmware in embedded devices.
The report focuses on the firmware that is built into the motherboard—namely, UEFI (unified extensible firmware interface)—and the development of modules with subsequent debugging.
Also covered in the report: the basic knowledge needed to start developing UEFI modules on a minimal budget, different types of debuggers, a look at the Heads, NERF, LinuxBoot, coreboot, Libreboot, and TianoCore projects, and a separate segment on the specific nuances related to x86 development.