BlackX UEFI Bootkit Bypasses Secure Boot on Patched Windows Systems Missing Revocations

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by The Hacker News at 23 Oct, 18:50 UTC

Diplomatic organizations in Central Asia have been targeted by a sophisticated new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackX. The activity, which singled out diplomatic entities in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in early 2026, is suspected to be orchestrated by a…