A serendipitous discovery led to a new warning of threats against Linux. The open-source platform is becoming an increasingly tasty target for cyber-criminals, and malware writers are now looking to get to the lowest levels of the kernel as they already have on Windows.
”Bootkitty” is a new and concerning malware that targets Linux systems. Eset analysts recently discovered the bootkit in a previously unknown UEFI application (bootkit.efi) that someone uploaded to VirusTotal. While not yet complete, Bootkitty is described as the first UEFI bootkit for Linux that researchers have found.
Källa: Researchers discover ”Bootkitty,” the first UEFI bootkit for Linux
