For years, some Gigabyte and Asus motherboards carried UEFI malware - TechSpot

This week, Kaspersky researchers revealed a new firmware rootkit dubbed CosmicStrand, which is believed to be the work of an unknown group of Chinese malicious actors.

In context: Security firm ESET discovered the first UEFI rootkit that had been used in the wild back in 2018. This type of persistent threat used to be the subject of theoretical discussions among se… [+3112 chars]

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