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Malwarebytes Labs |
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830683 |
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2018-10-04 15:00:00 (vue: 2018-10-04 23:01:47) |
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LoJack for computers used to attack European government bodies |
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Security researchers have detected the first known instance of a UEFI bootkit being used against government bodies in Central and Eastern Europe. The attack relies on a persistence mechanism stolen from a legitimate software called Computrace-essentially LoJack for computers-that comes by default on many machines.
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Hacking
Tags: bootkitLojackLojaxUFEIXAgent
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