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There is a vulnerability buried deep in the firmware of many Apple laptops that could allow an attacker to overwrite the machine’s BIOS and install a rootkit, gaining complete control of the Mac.

The vulnerability lies in the UEFI system on some older MacBooks, and researcher Pedro Vilaca discovered that after a MacBook is put to sleep and then brought back up, the machine’s low-level firmware is left unlocked.

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A security researcher has discovered a way to infect Macs with malware virtually undetectable, that 'can't be removed,' and which can be installed using a modified Apple gigabit Ethernet Thunderbolt adapter.

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Ältere Macs sind über eine neuentdeckte Sicherheitslücke angreifbar. Sie ermöglicht es, die Firmware zu überschreiben, die euren Mac bootet.

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A bootkit can be written to the EFI boot ROM of Apple MacBook devices. The threat remains on the system even after the OS is reinstalled and the hard drive is replaced

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