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"Found in the wild: The world's firs unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linux." Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 28 November 2024, 0332 UTC. Content and Source: https://arstechnica.com. Please check link or scroll down to read your selections. Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com). ARS Technica 30 Most popular Found in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linux 4 TTPs • 33 Ars Technica - All content / 7h • Bootkitty first UEFI bootkit for Linux Over the past decade, a new class of infections has threatened Windows users. By infecting the firmware that runs immediately before the operating system loads, these UEFI bootkits continue to run even when the hard drive is replaced or reformatted. Now the same type of chip-dwelling malware has been found in the wild for backdooring Linux machines. Researchers at se...