Why it matters: "BlackLotus" is being offered on underground forums as an all-powerful firmware rootkit, capable of surviving any removal effort and bypassing the most advanced Windows protections. If ...

UPDATE: November 28, 3:20 PM California time. The headline of this post has been changed. This update is adding the following further details: this threat is not a UEFI firmware implant or rootkit, it ...

A newly released exploit can disable the write protection of critical firmware areas in Lenovo ThinkPads and possibly laptops from other vendors as well. Many new Windows security features, like ...

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In recent weeks, attackers have leveraged workarounds that let them sign malicious kernel drivers, dealing a multi-pronged threat to Windows systems, the Windows Hardware Quality Lab testing integrity ...

In a nutshell: A serendipitous discovery led to a new warning of threats against Linux. The open-source platform is becoming an increasingly tasty target for cyber-criminals, and malware writers are ...

Researchers warn that the UEFI firmware in many motherboards made by PC hardware manufacturer Gigabyte injects executable code inside the Windows kernel in an unsafe way that can be abused by ...