Security News
Microsoft has extended the protection capabilities of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection with the addition of a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface scanner. With hardware and firmware-level attacks increasing in frequency over the past several years, Microsoft has decided to expand its security solution's capabilities to ensure it can continue to keep users secure.
Microsoft has decided to remove a couple of Windows security updates that address a UEFI issue after some users complained that the updates caused serious problems. Some users reported that their devices became unusable after trying to install the KB4524244 security update for Windows 10.
ESET sheds new light on 'Lojax' firmware infection ESET eggheads have shed more light on the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) rootkit being used by the Kremlin's Fancy Bear hacking crew.…
Researcher at ESET outlines research on the first successful UEFI rootkit used in the wild.
Out-of-band management systems can be a weak link to securing your data center. Here's how a debug utility can be leveraged to brick your systems.
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: What do you mean by storage encryption? Depending on the threat context and how you define “storage encryption,” it...
Deep dive into motherboard firmware-lurking code A UEFI rootkit, believed to have been built from an anti-thief software program by Kremlin spies to snoop on European governments, has been...
Cybersecurity researchers at ESET have unveiled what they claim to be the first-ever UEFI rootkit being used in the wild, allowing hackers to implant persistent malware on the targeted computers...
Russian cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear is the first threat actor to have used a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) rootkit in a malicious campaign, ESET’s security researchers claim. read more
ESET researchers have discovered a cyberattack that used a UEFI rootkit to establish a presence on the victims’ computers. Dubbed LoJax, this rootkit was part of a campaign run by the infamous...