VITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 27 days agoFound in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linuxarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkFound in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linuxarstechnica.comVITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 27 days agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareprogandy@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-227 days agoSo, they are talking about a bootkit embedding itself into the uefi firmware, then the graphics show a malicious bootloader that resides in the EFI partition that can be removed by formatting.
So, they are talking about a bootkit embedding itself into the uefi firmware, then the graphics show a malicious bootloader that resides in the EFI partition that can be removed by formatting.