by ahsanquadri | Jun 26, 2023
The cybersecurity world has placed a good deal of attention on malware such as the Black Lotus bootkit, and the Android-based bank credential-stealing malware Xenomorph. As these large threats loom, we are reminded about one of the most vulnerable industries, where...
by ahsanquadri | Jun 16, 2023
“Firmware presents a large and ever-expanding attack surface,” says the U.S. government in a joint report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Commerce. This 2022 report, a response to the Cybersecurity Executive Order of 2021, pointed...
by AMI Marketing | Apr 10, 2023
In a February 2022 supply chain security report issued by the Department of Homeland Security, platform firmware was referred to as, “one of the stealthiest methods in which an attacker can compromise devices at scale.” The reason is that compromised firmware sitting...
by AMI Marketing | Apr 10, 2023
Malicious system firmware attacks are on the rise. The March 2021 Microsoft commissioned Security Signals report showed that more than 80% of enterprises had experienced at least one firmware attack through 2019 and 2020. As Azim Shafqat, Partner at ISG and Former...
by AMI Marketing | Feb 1, 2023
Once thought of as just a theoretical possibility, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) exploits are becoming more common – and their threat is ever increasing. The UEFI specification introduced features to create a robust firmware platform capable of...
