@VITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml • 5 months agoFound in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linuxarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down114cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkFound in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linuxarstechnica.com@VITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml • 5 months agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square@progandy@feddit.orglinkfedilink22•edit-25 months 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.