Microsoft’s CA-2023 Secure Boot update broke PCs. Learn why UEFI firmware failed, how vendors reacted, and how to fix your boot issues.

The Windows Security app now displays additional information about the status of Secure Boot certificate updates on your PC, ...

Secure Boot issues are more common than they should be. Firmware updates, factory resets, and a few PowerShell scripts can fix most of them.

Roughly nine percent of tested firmware images use non-production cryptographic keys that are publicly known or leaked in data breaches, leaving many Secure Boot devices vulnerable to UEFI bootkit ...

More like insecure boot!

Microsoft introduced Secure Boot back in 2011, and made it a key requirement for installation of Windows 11. And now some users will have to update their certificates ...

Every Secure Boot-enabled Windows PC you've used for the last decade has relied on the same set of cryptographic certificates to keep its boot process secure. Those certificates were issued by ...

TL;DR: Secure Boot certificates in Windows 10 and 11 will expire by June 2026, risking system security and compatibility. Microsoft is issuing new certificates through updates and OEM firmware ...

Microsoft has confirmed the August 2024 Windows security updates are causing Linux booting issues on dual-boot systems with Secure Boot enabled. The issue is caused by a Secure Boot Advanced Targeting ...

Facepalm: Microsoft and the PC industry developed the Secure Boot protocol to prevent modern UEFI-based computers from being hacked or compromised during the boot process. However, just a few years ...

And here I thought I was completely jaded and unable to be surprised by awful security practices after the reporting on CloudStrike. I'm actually less concerned by that than the fact they're test keys ...