Modern computers utilize what is known as a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) to get up and running. When you press the power button on your Mac or PC, the UEFI begins communicating with ...
A sophisticated rootkit that’s able to insert itself into the lowest levels of Windows computers — the motherboard firmware — has been making victims since 2020 after disappearing from the radar for ...
Researcher at ESET outlines research on the first successful UEFI rootkit used in the wild. The discussion of Sednit was part of the 35C3 conference, and a session given by Frédéric Vachon, a malware ...
ESET researchers have shown that the Sednit operators used different components of the LoJax malware to target a few government organizations in the Balkans as well as in Central and Eastern Europe.
UEFI rootkits are more dangerous than other attack tools as they persist on systems after re-installation or even replacement of a hard drive. Since the rootkit it found was tied to the Sednit ...
Security experts at ESET have announced the discovery of the very first case of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) rootkit in the wild referred to as LoJax. This malware was used by advanced ...
Since 2016, Chinese hackers have been using malware that is not detected on the firmware image of some motherboards. This malware is expressed as 'UEFI rootkit' by combining According to cybersecurity ...
The Hacking Team, the surveillance software maker, apparently deploys the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) rootkit to ensure that the malware stays put in ...
Surveillance software maker Hacking Team has provided its government customers with the ability to infect the low-level firmware found in laptops and other computers that they wanted to spy on. The ...
Why it matters: Infecting the firmware that loads an operating system gives persistence capabilities like few other pieces of malware from the past. The only means of removing modified UEFIs is to ...
Why it matters: "BlackLotus" is being offered on underground forums as an all-powerful firmware rootkit, capable of surviving any removal effort and bypassing the most advanced Windows protections. If ...
Surveillance software maker Hacking Team has provided its government customers with the ability to infect the low-level firmware found in laptops and other computers that they wanted to spy on. The ...