Neowin News Feed for: Bootkit

Microsoft blocks BlackLotus Secure Boot mitigations on TPM 2.0 Windows Server 2012 PCs

Sayan Sen — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 01:22:01 +0000

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 Read more...

Microsoft: Latest Patch Tuesdays bring SafeOS Dynamic updates to fix Secure Boot bypass

Sayan Sen — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 09:08:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Microsoft shares guide for blocking vulnerable Windows boot managers with WDAC UEFI lock

Sayan Sen — Fri, 12 May 2023 19:46:02 +0000

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. Read more...

BlackLotus bypasses Secure Boot, Microsoft Defender, VBS, BitLocker on updated Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 06:34:01 +0000

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. Read more...

New proof-of-concept bootkit targets UEFI and Windows 8

Alfonso Maruccia — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:23:04 +0000

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. Read more...

Windows 8 bootkit demo video released

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:36:46 +0000

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. Read more...

Windows 8 secure boot loader reportedly bypassed ..or not [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:11:45 +0000

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. Read more...