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Found in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linux

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Found in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linux

arstechnica.com

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Linux.zip@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 days ago

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“Bootkitty” is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux.

“Bootkitty” is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux.

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So can it be bypassed by just having old enough hardware to not have UEFI?

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