BlackLotus Becomes First UEFI Bootkit Malware to Bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11

Discussion in 'News Aggregator' started by The Hacker News, 1 Mar 2023.

  1. A stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackLotus has become the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot defenses, making it a potent threat in the cyber landscape. "This bootkit can run even on fully up-to-date Windows 11 systems with UEFI Secure Boot enabled," Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

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