Security researcher defeats Windows 8 secure boot

The details of the Windows 8 bootkit have not yet been shared, but Kleissner said in his Twitter feed this morning that the new bootkit, called Stoned Lite, has an infector file that is only 14 kilobytes in size, and the bootkit can be started from a USB drive or CD.

The cat and mouse chase continues ...

And of course the exploit depends on having physical access to the machine, which makes it more of a sensationalist headline than anything else. Physical access to the machine always means security is compromised, regardless of how you go about doing it. The root methodology for compromise has exactly NOTHING to do with Windows 8 or secure boot, except for the fact that he's latching onto a PR storm in a bottle and ratching up his name in the process. Ars has nicely complied by using a sensationalist headline without further details to make it seem more legit. Congrats.