An industry-wide standard that safeguards Windows devices from firmware infections had a vulnerability for around seven months which may have allowed the bypassing of protection with a simple technique. Patched by Microsoft on Tuesday, the status of Linux systems remains unknown. The exploit permitted attackers with device access to run harmful firmware during bootup, thus infecting the device before any OS loading.

Hackers are selling counterfeit phones with crypto-stealing malware
Kaspersky has identified thousands of low-cost Android smartphones sold online that come with preinstalled malware programmed to steal cryptocurrency details. The devices are infected with