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A new piece of ransomware can encrypt a drive’s EFI boot partition. (Image source: ESET Security) 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 …

A new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya was able to exploit a patched vulnerability to bypass Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot on unrevoked Windows systems, making it the fourth publicly known bootkit capable of punching through the feature and hijacking a PC before the operating system loads. ESET researchers discovered the ransomware-bootkit combo after samples were uploaded to VirusTotal …

ESET Research has discovered HybridPetya, on the VirusTotal sample sharing platform. It is a copycat of the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, adding the capability of compromising UEFI-based systems and weaponizing CVE‑2024‑7344 to bypass UEFI Secure Boot on outdated systems. Key points of this blogpost: New ransomware samples, which we named HybridPetya, resembling the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, were uploaded to VirusTotal in …

A recently discovered ransomware strain called HybridPetya can bypass the UEFI Secure Boot feature to install a malicious application on the EFI System Partition. HybridPetya appears inspired by the destructive Petya/NotPetya malware that encrypted computers and prevented Windows from booting in attacks in 2016 and 2017 but did not provide a recovery option. Researchers at cybersecurity company ESET found a sample of HybridPetya …

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya that resembles the notorious Petya/NotPetya malware, while also incorporating the ability to bypass the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems using a now-patched vulnerability disclosed earlier this year. Slovakian cybersecurity company ESET said the samples were uploaded to the VirusTotal platform in February 2025. “HybridPetya encrypts …

The Battlefield 6 open betas proved exceptionally popular earlier this month for many, but a significant portion of the PC playerbase were met with a daunting wall to play thanks to the game’s Secure Boot requirement. This technical hurdle is in place for the game’s anti-cheat, a kernel-level bit of software dedicated to curbing a rising cheating problem across online …

Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren’t able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA’s anti-cheat tools to once …

PC modders have already begun optimising Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, even before Konami has released further updates. The Metal Gear remake has been criticised for its poor performance, with videos shared on social media of jarring stuttering. In particular, the PS5 Pro version has come under fire. Konami acknowledged a handful of specific issues ahead of …

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Pensacola boot shop is asking the community for some help. Employees at “The Boot Store” say three people stole several pairs of boots on Tuesday morning. Surveillance cameras at the store caught them. They say this all happened within 10 minutes. Staff members say this is the first time anything like this has happened at the …

ATLANTA — You keep kicking at the door long enough, and one day you’re going to break it down. Tommy Fleetwood, 0-for-a-career in PGA Tour events, victim of two heartbreaking Sunday losses in the last two months, finally brought home a victory on Sunday at the Tour Championship. In a year where golf delivered so many feelgood finishes, this was …