VITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoFound in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linuxarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down115
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkFound in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linuxarstechnica.comVITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareprogandy@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-21 year 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.