[D] Wanted to discuss about UEFI rootkits in the light of the recent CosmicStrand rootkit discovered by Kaspersky

So I saw the news of this new rootkit being discovered by Kaspersky that was embedded in the UEFI firmware. I read the whole from [this](https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/rare-cosmicstrand-uefi-rootkit-cybercrime-orbit) article of the DarkReading website. I wanted to know more about UEFI rootkits, how they are made, how you can compromise one system, how you can spread, how much you can gain privileges in the system etc.

In this case the article says it has a long attack chain, capable of bypassing hypervisor, create …

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