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ColdReconTechniquesT1542
Technique T1542

Pre-OS Boot

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Pre-OS Boot (T1542) — a Defense Evasion technique, observed in public incident reporting.
MITRE ATT&CKT1542
TacticDefense Evasion
Incidents on file14

Detection & mitigation

Monitor bootloader integrity by comparing SPL hashes against known-good values at rest and during boot; enforce hardware-backed secure boot with BootROM verification of the full chain, not just the SPL hash.

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