Posted on Sep 27, 2018
Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in the Wild
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A new threat has been discovered that will be a real problem for anyone infected.
Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in the Wild
Posted from thehackernews.com
Cyber
Hacking
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Computer Repair
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Posted 6 y ago
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The UEFI rootkit and malware code have been out there for a while. Pretty nasty stuff. There are ways to secure your BIOS but they're fairly pesky and not for the average user.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3187264/security/uefi-flaws-can-be-exploited-to-install-highly-persistent-ransomware.html
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3187264/security/uefi-flaws-can-be-exploited-to-install-highly-persistent-ransomware.html
UEFI BIOS flaws can be exploited to install highly persistent ransomware
A team of researchers from security vendor Cylance demonstrated a proof-of-concept ransomware program that ran inside a motherboard's Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).
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I haven't updated the BIOS on my motherboard in almost 3 years because Gigabyte makes it so dang difficult to actually do.
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