Red Hat and Canonical claim Microsoft's UEFI implementation is buggy

l33tdawg — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:11:58 +0000

Red Hat and Canonical claim Microsoft's UEFI implementation is buggy

posted onJanuary 20, 2012

by l33tdawg

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Open Source companies Red Hat and Canonical have highlighted serious concerns about a Microsoft plan to rid the world of rootkits, arguing that Redmond’s UEFI technology is "buggy".

Microsoft’s UEFI is an attempt to address the recent explosion in the number of viruses and other malware targeting low-level system services. Known as rootkits, these attacks are capable of infecting systems at a level that's difficult or impossible to detect with traditional anti-virus software, and often require complete system rebuilds to fix.

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Red Hat and Canonical claim Microsoft's UEFI implementation is buggy