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Secure Boot-neutering PKfail debacle is more prevalent than anyone knew

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A supply chain failure that compromises Secure Boot protections on computing devices from across the device-making industry extends to a much larger number of models than previously known, including those used in ATMs, point-of-sale terminals, and voting machines. The debacle was the result of non-production …

Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers

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Enlarge (credit: sasha85ru | Getty Imates) In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware and software makers adopted Secure Boot to protect against a long-looming security threat. The threat was the specter of malware that could infect the BIOS, the firmware that loaded the operating system each time a computer booted …

Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

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Enlarge Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain cases, allows the installation of malware that runs at the firmware level, giving infections access to the deepest parts of a device where they’re hard to detect or remove. The vulnerability resides in …

New UEFI vulnerabilities send firmware devs industry wide scrambling

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Enlarge (credit: Nadezhda Kozhedub) UEFI firmware from five of the leading suppliers contains vulnerabilities that allow attackers with a toehold in a user's network to infect connected devices with malware that runs at the firmware level. The vulnerabilities, which collectively have been dubbed PixieFail by the researchers who discovered …

Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hundreds of Windows and Linux computer models from virtually all hardware makers are vulnerable to a new attack that executes malicious firmware early in the boot-up sequence, a feat that allows infections that are nearly impossible to detect or remove using current defense mechanisms. The …

Stealthy UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot enabled by unpatchable Windows flaw

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Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Researchers on Wednesday announced a major cybersecurity find—the world’s first-known instance of real-world malware that can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced protections are enabled and running on fully updated versions of Windows. Dubbed …

Vulnerabilities allowing permanent infections affect 70 Lenovo laptop models

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Enlarge (credit: Lenovo) For owners of more than 70 Lenovo laptop models, it’s time once again to patch the UEFI firmware against critical vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to install malware that’s nearly impossible to detect or remove. The laptop maker on Tuesday released updates for three …

Vulnerabilities that could allow undectable infections affect 70 Lenovo laptop models

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Enlarge (credit: Lenovo) For owners of more than 70 Lenovo laptop models, it’s time once again to patch the UEFI firmware against critical vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to install malware that can be nearly impossible to detect or remove. The laptop maker on Tuesday released updates for …