Because UEFI lives within a flash memory chip, any malware injected into it can survive reboots, formats and OS reinstalls
The same trend is seen with the building automation industry
The vulnerabilities have now been patched by Microsoft
The first reports of VHD ransomware had appeared in March this year
The adware plants itself in the system partition, making it hard to delete
The campaign has been linked to Vietnam-state-backed threat group APT32
The group, linked to South Korea, used bugs in Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and the Windows Kernel to target North Koreans
The attempt, however, was unsuccessful
Enterprises must assess the 'firmware posture' of new devices during procurement
SandCat developed malware on PCs running antivirus software - which transmitted binaries of dodgy files back to Kaspersky researchers