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8263146099?profile=RESIZE_400xThe cybercriminal-controlled botnet known as TrickBot has become a public enemy number one (again) for the cybersecurity community. It has survived takedown attempts by Microsoft, analysts from leading cybersecurity firms, and even US Cyber Command. It now appears that the hackers behind TrickBot are trying a new technique to infect the deepest recesses of infected machines, reaching beyond their operating systems and into their firmware.

The security firms AdvIntel and Eclypsium revealed that t