Understanding UEFI firmware, and the Linux utilities to manage it, can save you a lot of time and trouble.

UEFI bootkits are reportedly making their way into Linux, researchers from ESET have warned, after spotting a first-of-its-kind Linux UEFI bootkit, which seems to either be an experimental version ...

Unless your computer is pretty old, it probably uses UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) to boot. The idea is that a bootloader picks up files from an EFI partition and uses them to start … ...

ESET's discovery of the first UEFI bootkit designed for Linux sendss an important message: UEFI bootkits are no longer confined to Windows systems alone.

The first UEFI bootkit specifically targeting Linux systems has been discovered, marking a shift in stealthy and hard-to-remove bootkit threats that previously focused on Windows.

Researchers at security firm ESET said Wednesday that they found the first UEFI bootkit for Linux. The discovery may portend that UEFI bootkits that have targeted Windows systems in recent years ...

While not production-ready malware, ‘Bootkitty’ provides a proof of concept for exploiting Linux systems at boot-up — widening the UEFI attack path beyond the Windows ecosystem.

The UEFI looked really simple, and knowing this is optional for Windows 10, I assumed, hey 200USD netbook with Windows 10, maybe its intentionally not there. But it could be disabled, my bad).

UEFI bootkits are reportedly making their way into Linux, researchers from ESET have warned, after spotting a first-of-its-kind Linux UEFI bootkit, which seems to either be an experimental version ...