HybridPetya Ransomware Bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to Encrypt Hard Drives
ESET Research discovered HybridPetya, a Petya/NotPetya copycat with advanced capabilities including UEFI Secure Boot bypass via CVE‑2024‑7344, and the ability to compromise modern UEFI systems by installing malicious EFI applications, although it is not actively spreading in the wild yet.