Industrial espionage: ESET exposes dangerous UEFI boot kit
ESPecter comes through the back door and bypasses classic virus protection solutions. ESET researchers have discovered a new form of UEFI malware. The new type of malware embeds itself in the EFI system partition (ESP). With ESPecter, the experts at the European IT security manufacturer have discovered a so-called UEFI boot kit that bypasses the Windows driver signature and can load its own unsigned driver, which makes spying activities much easier. The current boot kit is a further development of the UEFI malware previously discovered by ESET. ESET security solutions with integrated UEFI scanners protect private and company computers from this possible weak point. ESPecter has been active since 2012 ...