The World's First Unkillable UEFI Bootkit For Linux

00:20	Slashdot
The World's First Unkillable UEFI Bootkit For Linux An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Over the past decade, a new class of infections has threatened Windows users. By infecting the firmware that runs immediately before the operating system loads, these UEFI bootkits continue to run even when the hard drive is replaced or reformatted. Now the same type of chip-dwelling malware has been found in the wild for backdooring Linux machines. Researchers at security firm ESET said Wednesday that Bootkitty -- the name unknown threat ac... Read the full article on Slashdot »
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