wraggster
November 17th, 2011, 22:15
An Austrian security researcher is scheduled to release the first 'bootkit' for Windows 8 (http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/11/security-researcher-defeats-windows-8-secure-boot.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) at the upcoming MalCon in Mumbai. This exploit loads in the MBR and stays memory resident until Windows loads, resulting in root access to the system. This allegedly defeats the new secure boot features in Windows 8's bootloader.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/17/1928203/windows-8-secure-boot-defeated
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/17/1928203/windows-8-secure-boot-defeated