安全公司 ESET 的研究人员报告了第一个杀不死的 Linux UEFI Bootkit。该恶意程序被攻击者命名为 Bootkitty，相比 Windows 平台上的类似恶意程序，Bootkitty 相对简陋，关键底层功能不完善，主要感染 Ubuntu，感染其它 Linux 发行版的手段缺乏。安全研究人员猜测它可能是一个概念验证版本，尚未观察到实际感染证据。Bootkit 是一种感染固件的恶意程序，此类恶意程序无法通过格式化硬盘等常规方法杀死。最新发现意味着 UEFI Bootkit 不再只针对 Windows 操作系统。
安全公司 ESET 的研究人员报告了第一个杀不死的 Linux UEFI Bootkit。该恶意程序被攻击者命名为 Bootkitty，相比 Windows 平台上的类似恶意程序，Bootkitty 相对简陋，关键底层功能不完善，主要感染 Ubuntu，感染其它 Linux 发行版的手段缺乏。安全研究人员猜测它可能是一个概念验证版本，尚未观察到实际感染证据。Bootkit 是一种感染固件的恶意程序，此类恶意程序无法通过格式化硬盘等常规方法杀死。最新发现意味着 UEFI Bootkit 不再只针对 Windows 操作系统。
Again, in contrast to Facebook, Google and Twitter, Telegram's founder Pavel Durov runs his company in relative secrecy from Dubai. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. But Telegram says people want to keep their chat history when they get a new phone, and they like having a data backup that will sync their chats across multiple devices. And that is why they let people choose whether they want their messages to be encrypted or not. When not turned on, though, chats are stored on Telegram's services, which are scattered throughout the world. But it has "disclosed 0 bytes of user data to third parties, including governments," Telegram states on its website. Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands.
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