HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to maliciously encrypt hard drives

[Redaktion]

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.

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