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UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?

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Ars Technica's Dan Goodin reports that the UEFI bootkit BlackX, documented by Kaspersky, infected fully patched Windows machines by exploiting the "Baton Drop" Secure Boot bypass (CVE-2022-21894).

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