UEFI firmware vulnerabilities affect tech vendors including Intel and Fujitsu

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Malware injected into a UEFI memory chip can survive reboots, formats and OS reinstalls, enabling threat actors to maintain their presence on compromised machines
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Malware injected into a UEFI memory chip can survive reboots, formats and OS reinstalls, enabling threat actors to maintain their presence on compromised machines

Millions of enterprise devices could be impacted

Researchers at firmware security firm Binarly have discovered nearly two dozen vulnerabilities in the InsydeH2O UEFI firmware, which several major enterprise vendor ecosystems use. The 23 high-s...

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