Tag: UEFI

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UEFI firmware vulnerabilities hit enterprise environments worldwide

UEFI firmware vulnerabilities hit enterprise environments worldwide

Nine vulnerabilities in EDK II hit enterprise environments worldwide. Researchers at France's Quarkslab discovered that this open-source standard for the UEFI specification can be abused by malicious actors. These exploits are then very difficult to detect or remove. The nine vulnerabilities are... Read more

date2 months ago
CISA concerned about bootloader malware that makes your PC garbage

CISA concerned about bootloader malware that makes your PC garbage

CISA warns of an attack that abuses a component that every computer contains: the bootloader. A type of malware is spread that targets the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). UEFI-based malware has already been used in the BlackLotus campaign. This campaign came on the radar of cybers... Read more

date8 months ago
MSI leak undermines UEFI/BIOS security, what can you do?

MSI leak undermines UEFI/BIOS security, what can you do?

April's MSI hack led to the distribution of Intel Boot Guard keys on the dark web. The leak allows malicious actors to create UEFI/BIOS firmware that gets past a key security layer on countless PCs. A ransomware attack led to the loss of 1.5 terabytes of data at MSI in April, which the attackers... Read more

date11 months ago
Over 100 Lenovo laptop models have security flaws

Over 100 Lenovo laptop models have security flaws

On Tuesday, Lenovo announced security patches for more than 100 laptop models to address significant vulnerabilities that allow sophisticated hackers to install malicious software that is nearly hard to delete or detect in some circumstances. Hackers may be able to change a computer's ... Read more

date2 years ago
Microsoft Defender ATP gets built-in firmware protection

Microsoft Defender ATP gets built-in firmware protection

Microsoft already offered firmware protection in so called secured-core computers, which have a hardware root of trust. Now the tech giant goes a step further by adding firmware protectoin to Microsoft Defender ATP (advanced threat protection). The secured-core PCs were Microsoft's answer to the... Read more

date4 years ago