First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say
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ESET researchers discovered 'Bootkitty', the first known UEFI bootkit for Linux, in a VirusTotal sample; the tool appears to be an early, self-signed proof-of-concept targeting a limited set of Ubuntu kernels/GRUB versions, unable to run on Secure Boot systems, and currently modular but unstable and not observed in active widescale use.
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