UEFI

ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI Boards vulnerable to pre-boot memory attacks

A new UEFI flaw exposes some ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, and MSI motherboards to early-boot DMA attacks, bypassing IOMMU protections. Researchers…

2 months ago

200,000 Linux systems from Framework are shipped with signed UEFI components vulnerable to Secure Boot bypass

About 200K Linux systems from Framework shipped with signed UEFI components vulnerable to Secure Boot bypass, allowing bootkit installation and…

4 months ago

HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot echoing Petya/NotPetya

HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to infect EFI partitions, echoing the infamous Petya/NotPetya attacks of 2016–2017. ESET researchers discovered…

5 months ago

ESET detailed a flaw that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot in UEFI systems

Researchers detailed a now-patched vulnerability that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism in UEFI systems. ESET disclosed…

1 year ago

Bootkitty is the first UEFI Bootkit designed for Linux systems

ESET discovered the first Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit specifically designed for Linux systems, named Bootkitty. Cybersecurity researchers from…

1 year ago

PixieFail: Nine flaws in UEFI open-source reference implementation could have severe impacts

Experts found multiple flaws, collectively named PixieFail, in the network protocol stack of an open-source reference implementation of the UEFI.…

2 years ago

The source code of the BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit was leaked on GitHub

The source code for the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit has been published on GitHub and experts warn of the risks of…

3 years ago

BlackLotus is the first bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on Windows 11

ESET discovered a stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit dubbed BlackLotus that is able to bypass the Secure Boot…

3 years ago

A flaw in some Acer laptops can be used to bypass security features

ESET announced the discovery of a vulnerability impacting Acer laptops that can allow an attacker to deactivate UEFI Secure Boot.…

3 years ago

Lenovo warns of flaws that can be used to bypass security features

Lenovo fixed two high-severity flaws impacting various laptop models that could allow an attacker to deactivate UEFI Secure Boot. Lenovo…

3 years ago

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