UEFI

ESET warns of three flaws that affect over 100 Lenovo notebook models

Lenovo warns of vulnerabilities in its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) shipped with at least 100 notebook models. Lenovo has…

4 years ago

HP addressed 16 UEFI firmware flaws impacting laptops, desktops, PoS systems

Researchers disclosed 16 high-severity flaws in different implementations of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware impacting multiple HP enterprise devices. Researchers…

4 years ago

Experts found 23 flaws in UEFI firmware potentially impact millions of devices

Researchers discovered tens of vulnerabilities in UEFI firmware code used by the major device manufacturers. Researchers at firmware security company…

4 years ago

Experts observed for the first time FinFisher infections involving usage of a UEFI bootkit

Experts spotted a new variant of the FinFisher surveillance spyware that is able to hijack and replace the Windows UEFI…

4 years ago

Second-ever UEFI rootkit used in North Korea-themed attacks

A China-linked threat actor used UEFI malware based on code from Hacking Team in attacks aimed at organizations with an interest in…

5 years ago

NSA publishes guidance on UEFI Secure Boot customization

The US National Security Agency (NSA) published guidance on the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot customization. The United…

5 years ago

AMD is going to patch UEFI SMM callout privilege escalation flaw

AMD is going to release patches for a flaw affecting the System Management Mode (SMM) of the Unified Extensible Firmware…

6 years ago

Russian Sednit APT used the first UEFI rootkit of ever in attacks in the wild

Security experts from ESET have spotted the first UEFI rootkit of ever, the code tracked as LoJax was used in attacks…

7 years ago

UEFI Vulnerabilities allow to fully compromise Gigabyte Mini PCs

Experts at Cylance disclosed two UEFI flaws that can be exploited by attackers to install a backdoor on some Gigabyte…

9 years ago

CHIPSEC, Intel Security releases detection tool also for CIA EFI rootkits

After CIA leak, Intel Security releases CHIPSEC, a detection tool for EFI rootkits that detect rogue binaries inside the computer…

9 years ago

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