The successor to the long-known BIOS system, dubbed UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), serves as your motherboard firmware on every newer computer. Even though…
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MalwareNewsSecurity
Sophisticated UEFI rootkit of Chinese origin shows up again in the wild after 3 years
A sophisticated rootkit that’s able to insert itself into the lowest levels of Windows computers — the motherboard firmware — has been making victims…
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MalwareNewsSecurity
MoonBounce UEFI implant used by spy group brings firmware security into spotlight
Researchers uncovered a stealthy UEFI rootkit that’s being used in highly targeted campaigns by a notorious Chinese cyberespionage group with suspected government ties. The…
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Researchers have seen a worrying development recently in TrickBot, a botnet that serves as an access gateway into enterprise networks for sophisticated ransomware and…