English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on September 13, 2025, 20:08:12
Title: HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to maliciously encrypt hard drives
Post by: Redaktion on September 13, 2025, 20:08:12
A new form of ransomware, dubbed HybridPetya, is able to bypass UEFI Secure Boot and can install malware on a system's EFI boot partition. This means that HybridPetya can hold a computer hard drive ransom by preventing it from booting into Windows. It appears the malware is currently in the research phase and has not yet launched publicly.