First-Ever UEFI Rootkit Tied to Sednit APT
Researcher at ESET outlines research on the first successful UEFI rootkit used in the wild. Continue reading First-Ever UEFI Rootkit Tied to Sednit APT
Category Archives: LoJack
Russian Hacker Group APT28 Used UEFI Rootkit on Select Targets
Security researchers have found malicious versions of the LoJack anti-theft software on computers belonging to government agencies from the Balkans and Central and Eastern Europe. They attribute the attacks to the a notorious Russian cyberespionage gr… Continue reading Russian Hacker Group APT28 Used UEFI Rootkit on Select Targets
Lojax Is the First UEFI Rootkit Used in a Cyberattack
A team of security analysts discovered a dangerous new weapon used by hackers — the Lojax UEFI rootkit which apparently is the first of it kind to be used against users. The collected information about it shows that it is…Read more
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Anti-theft LoJack supposedly manipulated by Russian hackers to hijack computers
Security researchers from Arbor Networks’ ASERT lab have found that laptop recovery software LoJack appears to be used in a sophisticated, yet subtle, Russian state-sponsored attack scheme through remote code execution. The tool was created as an… Continue reading Anti-theft LoJack supposedly manipulated by Russian hackers to hijack computers
Cyberespionage Group Abuses LoJack Theft Recovery Software
Security researchers have found instances of the Absolute LoJack theft recovery technology phoning back to servers associated with a notorious Russian cyberespionage group known as Fancy Bear. Absolute LoJack, previously known as Computrace, is a high… Continue reading Cyberespionage Group Abuses LoJack Theft Recovery Software