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Researchers discover first UEFI bootkit malware for Linux

by RobinHirst11 on 11/30/24, 10:57 AM with 1 comments

• by D4Ha on 11/30/24, 1:36 PM

  Shouldn't it be better described as a GRUB trojan. Unlike true bootkits, which persist through OS reinstalls by exploiting firmware.

  This can be easily removed by reinstalling GRUB or the OS, making it less persistent and not a genuine bootkit.