"UEFI flaws can be exploited to install highly persistent ransomware"

Security researchers from Cylance have discovered ways in which an attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities of a motherboard’s Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, also known as the modern BIOS, to run ransomware programs. These vulnerabilities have been found to affect BRIX platform models, GB-BSi7H-6500 and GB-BXi7-5775. This article discusses how researchers demonstrated this attack, other UEFI malware, as well as the responses of the manufacturer and Intel Security. 

Network World reports "UEFI flaws can be exploited to install highly persistent ransomware"