VITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoFound in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linuxarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkFound in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linuxarstechnica.comVITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareprogandy@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-22 years 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.