New White Paper: Understanding the UEFI Malware Hiding Deep In Your System

It may be an indication that security professionals and the tools we use are getting better and better but threat actors are choosing to hide their tools deeper and deeper into operating systems in the hope of remaining undetected. This white paper looks at Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) malware, which lives right in the startup of a computer, and shows just how pervasive it can be and how tricky to extract.

• What UEFI malware is and how it impacts the startup of an operating system.

• Why UEFI is particularly dangerous and difficult to weed out and remove.

• Examples of some of the most common versions of UEFI found in the wild, how they work, and how they have evolved.