Security News Fancy Bear LoJax campaign reveals first documented use of UEFI rootkit in the wild

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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 bundled together with a toolset able to patch a victim's system firmware in order to install malware at this deep level, ESET researchers said on Thursday.
 

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