A | HELSINKI -- Norway’s 86-year-old King Harald V, who has been in frail health in the past few years, has tested positive for the coronavirus and has mild symptoms, royal officials said on Sunday.“His Majesty the King has been diagnosed with corona and is on sick leave until he is symptom-free. The king has cold symptoms and stays at home,” the royal household said in a brief statement.The Norwegian monarch had also tested positive in March 2022 with mild symptoms. Officials have earlier said Harald had received three COVID-19 vaccine shots but it's not known whether he had received booster shots.Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre wished the king “a speedy recovery” in a comment to the Norwegian news agency NTB, which said Harald's son and heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, would take over his duties for now.The aging monarch, who has been seen using crutches in various occasions, has been hospitalized several times in recent years.In August 2022, he spent three days with a fever at a hospital, and in December the same year, he was again admitted for an infection that required intravenous antibiotics.In October 2020, the king underwent surgery to replace a heart valve after being hospitalized with breathing difficulties.Despite health problems, he has been attending major public events in Norway and its Nordic neighbors. In September, Harald attended celebrations in Stockholm marking the 50th anniversary of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf’s accession to the throne.In May, the monarch, who was released from a hospital just days earlier, appeared on the royal castle’s balcony in Oslo to salute the thousands of children marching by as the country celebrated its Constitution Day.The king is Norway’s head of state but holds no political power, so his duties are ceremonial. Harald ascended to the throne following the death of his father, King Olav, in 1991.。 最近引发广泛讨论的“BlackLotus”，属于一款相当全能的固件级 rootkit 恶意软件。特点是能够躲过各种删除操作，以及绕过先进的 Windows 防护措施。此前这类高级攻击能力，仅被拥有深厚背景的机构所拥有，比如情报威胁组织。然而据报道，一款更新、更强大的 UEFT rootkit，正被人挂到暗网论坛上叫卖。“防护环”示意（图自：Wikipedia / Hertzsprung）卖家宣称 BlackLotus 是一款固件级 rootkit 恶意软件，能够绕过 Windows 防护措施、并在 x86 架构的最底层运行恶意代码。率先曝光此事的安全研究人员指出，单个 rootkit 的许可证费用高达 5000 美元，而后续代码重建则只需 200 美元。不过考虑到卖家罗列出来的功能，即使需要耗费重资，世界各地的网络犯罪分子和黑帽黑客也会趋之若鹜。Scott Scheferman 总结道：BlackLotus 采用了汇编与 C 语言编写，体量仅 80KB（约 81920 字节）。通过在内核级别（ring 0）提供‘代理防护’（agent protection），该 rootkit 能够在 UEFI 固件中长期驻留。此外 BlackLotus 具有反虚拟机、反调试和代码混淆功能，以阻碍研究人员对其展开分析尝试，且附带功能齐备的安装指南 / 常见问题解答。黑市叫卖帖与同类 rootkit 一样，BlackLotus 能够在 Windows 启动前的第一阶段被加载，因而能够绕过 Windows / x86 平台上的诸多安全防护措施。
B | 除了无视 Secure Boot、UAC、BitLocker、HVCI 和 Windows Defender，该恶意软件还提供了加载未签名驱动程序的能力。其它高级功能包括功能齐备的文件传输模式、以及易攻破的签名引导加载程序 —— 除非影响当今仍在使用的数百个引导加载程序，否则很难将它斩草除根。Scott Scheferman 还强调了 BlackLotus 可能对基于固件的现代安全防护机制构成威胁。而且新 UEFI rootkit 在易用性、扩展性、可访问性、持久性、规避和破坏潜力方面，都实现了相当大的跨越。此前人们一度认为这类威胁相当罕见，但过去几天不断被打脸的攻击报告，已经指向了截然不同的未来趋势。最后，安全社区将对 BlackLotus 恶意软件的实际样本展开更加细致、深入的分析，以确定传闻的真实性、还是说它只是某人精心编造的一个骗局。
Current article:http://0xovdr.suilaoheirenzhaizhaikang.sbs/rhb/3ztk.html
Published on:02:55:04
