Update, 9 October 2018: The remediation section of the white paper contained inaccurate information. Secure Boot doesn't protect against the UEFI rootkit described in this research. We advise that you ...

Security researchers tracking the operations of a cyber-espionage group found the first evidence of a rootkit for the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) being used in the wild. The threat ...

Modern computers utilize what is known as a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) to get up and running. When you press the power button on your Mac or PC, the UEFI begins communicating with ...

Russian hackers are upping the ante of their cyberattacks. The next level of cyber warfare may not be here thanks to the latest weapon being utilized by Russian hackers. SEE ALSO: Cryptocurrency ...

Security researchers have uncovered new details about the infrastructure used by LoJax UEFI rootkit used in attacks from APT28. The analysis revealed two command and control (C2) servers were still ...

Last May, researchers published a bombshell report documenting sophisticated malware attributed to the Russian government. The malware, dubbed “LoJax,” creates a persistent backdoor that survives ...

Even replacing drives won't kill LoJax, which appears to still be operating more than eight months after researchers from Arbor Networks detailed the malware. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

The conventional wisdom with malware is that you can kill it once and for all by wiping a system and starting from scratch. However, a particularly clever piece of surveillance software with Russian ...

Security researchers at ESET have reported the discovery of the first Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) rootkit in the wild, called LoJax. According to a report, LoJax installs itself to ...

Researchers have uncovered what appears to be the first case of a UEFI rootkit in the wild, changing the concept of active UEFI exploit from a conference topic to reality. The UEFI rootkit was found ...