BlackX UEFI Bootkit Bypasses Secure Boot on Patched Windows Systems Missing Revocations

Diplomatic organizations in Central Asia have been targeted by a sophisticated new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackX The activity which singled out diplomatic entities in Tajikistan Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in early 2026 is suspected to be orchestrated by a Chinalinked statesponsored hacking group known as APT41 Kaspersky said in a technical report