‘Bootkitty’ First Bootloader to Take Aim at Linux
by Jai Vijayan
DarkReading
December 2, 2024
https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/bootkitty-first-bootloader-target-linux-systems
Notes |
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Secure Boot |
Linux Malware |
Bootkitty |
bootloader |
malware |
proof of concept |
Korea |
cybersecurity |
LogoFAIL |
UEFI |
Binarly Research |
persistence |
https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/bootkitty-analyzing-first-uefi-bootkit-linux/ |
BlackLotus |
FinSpy |
Windows |
ELF |
init process |
preload |
ESET |
Martin Smolar, Peter Strycek |
Binarly |
CVE-2023-40238 |
shellcode |
bitmap image (BMP) |
Lenovo |
Fujitsu |
HP |
Acer |
https://www.binarly.io/blog/logofail-exploited-to-deploy-bootkitty-the-first-uefi-bootkit-for-linux |
bootloaders are often overlooked by defenders |
CVE-2022-2189 – Baton Drop |
CVE-2023-24932 |
CISA |
Microsoft |
PKI |
GRUB |
ASCII art |
VirusTotal |