UEFI Malware

So with the beta this weekend of Battlefield 6 those who took part in it had to enable secure boot in the UEFI settings for the motherboard. This means that the anti cheat system loads before the operating systems. This means that it loads in before any protections are loaded meaning before anti virus and anti malware. By doing this it bypasses all security measures put in place by secure boot. A reinstall of an infected computer will not destroy the malware it will be present on the motherboards storage and will just reload when a new operating system is loaded. EA is not alone with using this type of anti cheat system Activision have developed their own system and will be deploying it for the new release of Call of Duty this year. I will predict we will have mass outbreaks with peoples machines being turned into ewaste.


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