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Fancy Bear LoJax campaign reveals first documented use of UEFI rootkit in the wild - silversurfer - 27 September 18
Quote:Researchers have uncovered what appears to be the first case of a UEFI rootkit in the wild, changing the concept of active UEFI exploit from a conference topic to reality.
The UEFI rootkit was found bundled together with a toolset able to patch a victim's system firmware in order to install malware at this deep level, ESET researchers said on Thursday.
Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/fancy-bear-lojax-campaign-reveals-first-documented-use-of-uefi-rootkit-in-the-wild/