Apple EFI Firmware Security Vulnerabilities

Trammell Hudson (via Lucian Constantin): In this presentation we demonstrate the installation of persistent firmware modifications into the EFI boot ROM of Apple’s popular MacBooks. The bootkit can be easily installed by an evil-maid via the externally accessible Thunderbolt ports and can survive reinstallation of OSX as well as hard drive replacements. Once installed, it … Continue reading Apple EFI Firmware Security Vulnerabilities