Microsoft’s AI Unleashes Vulnerability Hunt: Open-Source Bootloaders Beware!
Microsoft’s threat intelligence team is using AI to uncover security vulnerabilities in open-source bootloaders, including GRUB2. With their AI tool, they’ve found 20 critical vulnerabilities, saving a week of manual labor. These could allow threat actors to execute arbitrary code, bypass Secure Boot, and cause persistent malware issues.
Hot Take:
Oh Microsoft, always finding new ways to keep our devices secure—this time by playing detective with artificial intelligence. Sherlock Holmes, meet Security Copilot! Who knew that open-source bootloaders could be such a hotbed of intrigue? Grab your magnifying glasses and your digital trench coats, folks; we’ve got code mysteries to solve!
Key Points:
- Microsoft’s AI-powered Security Copilot uncovered 20 vulnerabilities in open-source bootloaders.
- The vulnerabilities could allow execution of arbitrary code, bypassing critical security mechanisms.
- Bootloaders analyzed include GRUB2, U-boot, and Barebox, commonly used in Linux and embedded systems.
- AI-driven research proved to be more efficient, saving researchers a week’s worth of manual labor.
- Security updates for GRUB2, U-boot, and Barebox were released in February 2025.
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