: Supports both Legacy BIOS and UEFI boot standards, making it compatible with older PCs and modern laptops.
The ripple effects of are still being felt today. hkboot 2022
HKBoot 2022 stands out by integrating a wide array of tools into a single, fast-loading USB environment. : Supports both Legacy BIOS and UEFI boot
Unlike standard CTFs (Capture The Flag), this live event gave each team a real QEMU virtual machine with a "vulnerable" UEFI implementation. Teams had to: (1) Crash the bootloader with a malformed ACPI table, (2) Achieve arbitrary code execution in pre-EFI environment, and (3) Extract a flag from the SPI flash emulation. The winners (Team "Shellcode SZN") completed it in 22 minutes, setting a record that stood until HKBoot 2024. hkboot 2022