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Windows 8 Secure Boot Defeated

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-took-so-long? dept.

jhigh writes "An Austrian security researcher is scheduled to release the first 'bootkit' for Windows 8 at the upcoming MalCon in Mumbai. This exploit loads in the MBR and stays memory resident until Windows loads, resulting in root access to the system. This allegedly defeats the new secure boot features in Windows 8's bootloader."

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  1. Windows or UEFI? by dreemernj · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is this an exploit of Windows or of UEFI in general?

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  2. Misleading title, Secure Boot not defeated by davidwr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Without a UEFI computer that is configured to boot only signed boot-loaders, this is not a valid test of the Secure Boot technology.

    Basically, this is a case of "of course it works that way in this scenario, it's supposed to."

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