A recently surfaced Linux bootkit, which nests in the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) and is intended to bypass its security measures, is apparently a project by South Korean scientists.

“The Linux Foundation wishes not only to enable Linux to keep booting in the face of the new wave of secure boot systems, but also to enable those technically savvy users who wish to do so to actually ...

Unless your computer is pretty old, it probably uses UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) to boot. The idea is that a bootloader picks up files from an EFI partition and uses them to start ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered “Bootkitty,” possibly the first UEFI bootkit specifically designed to target Linux systems. This marks a significant shift in the UEFI threat landscape, which ...

In a nutshell: A serendipitous discovery led to a new warning of threats against Linux. The open-source platform is becoming an increasingly tasty target for cyber-criminals, and malware writers are ...

'Bootkitty' Malware Can Infect a Linux Machine's Boot Process This appears to be the first UEFI bootkit that goes beyond Windows and targets Linux machines, according to ESET security researchers.

UPDATE: November 28, 3:20 PM California time. The headline of this post has been changed. This update is adding the following further details: this threat is not a UEFI firmware implant or rootkit, it ...

While not production-ready malware, ‘Bootkitty’ provides a proof of concept for exploiting Linux systems at boot-up — widening the UEFI attack path beyond the Windows ecosystem. Bootkitty, a recently ...

c't has reported several times on the current security problems surrounding UEFI Secure Boot. Microsoft's multiple changes to the plan have led to many questions. Here we answer some of the most ...