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BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. BleepingComputer is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 24 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC. The headline in use is “BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A new UEFI bootkit named BlackX, deployed in an espionage campaign in early 2026, exploited the old Baton Drop vulnerability to bypass Secure Boot and load a malicious driver designed to interfere with security solutions from Kaspersky and Avast. [...
Story timeline
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- First reported by BleepingComputer
BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot
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