Glossary: Modern Vulnerabilities, Malware and Physical Attacks

BlackLotus

A UEFI bootkit found in 2023 that got around Secure Boot using flaw CVE-2022-21894. The NSA published a guide to removing it.

Where the book teaches it

Chapter 4: Malware, part 2: viruses, rootkits, keyloggers, logic bombs and fileless malware

Related terms

Bootkit UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)Secure Boot