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c/linux · by VITecNet@programming.dev · 1y

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

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/11/found-in-the-wild-the-worlds-first-unkillable-uefi-bootkit-for-linux/

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7 Comments

metaStatic@kbin.earth · 94 pts · 1y (4 replies)

found in the wild no evidence of actual infections in the wild

you know I shouldn't be disappointed by blatant lies in headlines with the state of journalism in current year but I still kinda am.

vort3@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 1y

Thanks for saving my time.

PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y

You are disappointed because it doesn't have to be this way.

MTK@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

You can find it in the wild without finding evidence of infection.

I think in this context found in the wild means that the sample was found in the wild, just maybe not running.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

I'm disappointed, but this is a good thing.

progandy@feddit.org · 19 pts · 1y

So, they are talking about a bootkit embedding itself into the uefi firmware, then the graphics show a malicious bootloader that resides in the EFI partition that can be removed by formatting.

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works · -9 pts · 1y

imagine using uefi or bios at all

coreboot+grub2 superiority