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NSA warns of ‘false sense of security’ against BlackLotus malware

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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2022-21894
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
4.47%

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1 min read at therecord.media

The National Security Agency said Thursday that organizations should think twice about whether they’re protected against the BlackLotus “bootkit” malware that cybersecurity experts first warned about in March. BlackLotus is designed to dodge UEFI Secure Boot, which watches for malicious software as a Microsoft Windows machine starts up the firmware that controls basic hardware functions.

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