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A security feature bypass vulnerability has been uncovered in three signed third-party Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot loaders that allow bypass of the UEFI Secure Boot feature. “These vulnerabilities can be exploited by mounting the EFI System Partition and replacing the existing bootloader with the vulnerable one, or modifying a UEFI variable to load […]
Commercially developed FinFisher surveillanceware has been upgraded to infect Windows devices using a UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) bootkit that leverages a trojanized Windows Boot Manager, marking a shift in infection vectors that allow it to elude discovery and analysis. Detected in the wild since 2011, FinFisher (aka FinSpy or Wingbird) is a spyware toolset […]
Let’s get real. For at least once in our life, we have all gone through the hassle of searching around the web to find the right key to Enter to boot into BIOS (UEFI for all the new folks) settings for us to tinker with. As you may have already found out, Entering BIOS utility or […]
Experts at Cylance disclosed two UEFI flaws that can be exploited by attackers to install a backdoor on some Gigabyte BRIX mini PCs. Experts at security firm Cylance have disclosed two UEFI vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers to install a backdoor on some Gigabyte BRIX mini PCs. The experts tested the latest firmware […]
Short Bytes: Very often curious Windows users search the phrase “What is Last BIOS Time in my Task Manager?” Well, it’s the time taken by your computer’s UEFI firmware to initialize your hardware before the Windows OS starts booting. By paying a close attention to your PC’s boot-up process, one can tweak some UEFI settings […]