Proving Linux is not a safe sanctuary, ESET finds first Linux-targeting UEFI bootkit malware

Linux-based operating systems have long been heralded as being inherently more secure than Windows. Whether or not this is true is open to debate, as is the impact of user numbers on making an OS a target for malware writers. A key security concern in recent times has been UEFI bootkits, and it has been something affecting only Windows-based systems. Now, however, security firm ESET has revealed details of Bootkitty, the first UEFI bootkit designed for Linux systems. See also: UEFI bootkits are particularly worrying because they are both hard to detect and hard to remove. This is on top… [Continue Reading]