reader comments 46 Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain cases, allows the installation of malware that runs at the firmware level, giving infections access to the deepest parts of a device where they’re hard to detect or remove. The vulnerability resides in shim, which in the context ..
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The National Security Agency (NSA) has published technical mitigation guidance to help organizations harden systems against BlackLotus UEFI bootkit infections. The NSA’s recommendations provide a blueprint for defenders to protect systems from BlackLotus, a stealthy malware that emerged on underground forums in late 2022 with capabilities that include user access control (UAC) and secure boot ..
reader comments 86 with Earlier this week, Microsoft released a patch to fix a Secure Boot bypass bug used by the BlackLotus bootkit we reported on in March. The original vulnerability, CVE-2022-21894, was patched in January, but the new patch for CVE-2023-24932 addresses another actively exploited workaround for systems running Windows 10 and 11 and ..
reader comments 59 with 0 posters participating Share this story Secure Boot is an industry standard for ensuring that Windows devices don’t load malicious firmware or software during the startup process. If you have it turned on—as you should in most cases, and it’s the default setting mandated by Microsoft—good for you. If you’re using ..
Getty Images reader comments with 0 posters participating Share this story More than two dozen Lenovo notebook models are vulnerable to malicious hacks that disable the UEFI secure boot process and then run unsigned UEFI apps or load bootloaders that permanently backdoor a device, researchers warned on Wednesday. At the same time that researchers from ..
Getty Images reader comments 157 with 105 posters participating, including story author Share this story Researchers have unpacked a major cybersecurity find—a malicious UEFI-based rootkit used in the wild since 2016 to ensure computers remained infected even if an operating system is reinstalled or a hard drive is completely replaced. The firmware compromises the UEFI, the ..
reader comments 30 with 26 posters participating Share this story For owners of more than 70 Lenovo laptop models, it’s time once again to patch the UEFI firmware against critical vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to install malware that’s nearly impossible to detect or remove. The laptop maker on Tuesday released updates for three vulnerabilities ..
Apr 22, 2022 Redazione news News, RSS, Vulnerabilità 0 I ricercatori di ESET hanno scoperto in vari modelli di laptop Lenovo delle vulnerabilità che possono consentire a dei pirati con privilegi da amministratore di esporli a malware a livello di firmware I ricercatori di ESET hanno analizzato tre vulnerabilità relative a diversi modelli di laptop ..
Ott 05, 2021 Marco Schiaffino Attacchi, In evidenza, Malware, News, RSS, Vulnerabilità 0 Il malware per Windows si annida nella partizione di avvio del disco fisso e consente di sottrarre informazioni e documenti. Una carriera lunga almeno 9 anni, i cui risvolti hanno allarmato tutti gli esperti di sicurezza. Quella di ESPecter è infatti una ..
reader comments 276 with 158 posters participating, including story author Share this story Microsoft claims that “the new Windows is available on the widest array of devices,” but the Internet had a minor panic attack when requirements were outlined yesterday. Our daily-driver Windows 10 VM didn’t have TPM support, as shown in this screenshot of ..