Microsoft has blocked Secure Boot mitigations for the BlackLotus (CVE-2023-24932) vulnerability on some PCs. The block affects Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 systems due to incompatibilities with TPM
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Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday updates earlier today for both Windows 11 and 10. In a follow-up, it added that these updates bring the latest Dynamic SafeOS packages against Secure Boot flaws.
Microsoft recently began patching UEFI bootkit vulnerabilities with this month's Patch Tuesday update. The company has now released a helpful guide about blocking such Windows boot managers.
BlackLotus, which is a bootkit, has been doing the rounds on the internet since last year. This bootkit is capable of bypassing Secure Boot, disabling BitLocker, Microsoft Defender, and more.
Italian researchers have developed a new bootkit capable of infecting the UEFI platform and hijacking the Windows 8 kernel. It's now easier to create such nasty things, the researchers say.
A bootkit that reportedly can defeat some of the security measures for booting up Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system has been demonstrated in a new video by the bootkit's creator.
A possible new bootkit that was rumored to go around the secure boot system for Microsoft's Windows 8 has now been revealed to just go after the OS's legacy BIOS feature.