None of that is surprising or different to the monthly norm for PC owners. What is different, Microsoft says, is that ...

Windows users beware. Microsoft has confirmed that Secure Boot certificates, first issued in 2011, expire in 8 just weeks. This has not happened before, and it will affect hundreds of millions of PCs.

Microsoft is also updating the Windows Security app with a status indicator that will let users know whether their Windows 10 and 11 installations have the latest Secure Boot certificates.

The original Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot certificates for Windows will start expiring in late June. Microsoft has urged IT and security leaders to apply updated ...

Microsoft will use standard Windows 11 updates to keep Secure Boot working on existing PCs as the operating system's original certificates near their end. The company says Secure Boot certificates ...