[conspire] (forw) Re: Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in the Wild

[Rick Moen]

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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 12:35:10 -0700
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: Duncan MacKinnon <duncan at humanriver.org>
Cc: Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deirdre at deirdre.net>,
	Cheryl Morris <camorris at uniserve.com>
Subject: Re: Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in
	the Wild
Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already.

Quoting Duncan MacKinnon (duncan at humanriver.org):

> Relevant to those other people not using MAC OS.....
> <
> https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/uefi-rootkit-malware.html?_m=3n.00im.127.gs0ao0cutg.7q

Utterly predictable.  But it should be noted that any sufficiently large
and complex firmware is a logical hiding place for the bad guys after
root compromise via other means, not just UEFI firmware.



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