Let's start by clearly stating what this post is, and what it isn't. It is a description of how I set up multi-boot for Linux systems, sometimes including Windows, using the GRUB bootloader. It is not ...

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ESET researchers have discovered a vulnerability that allows bypassing UEFI Secure Boot, affecting the majority of UEFI-based systems. This vulnerability, assigned CVE-2024-7344, was found in a UEFI ...

UPDATE (December 2 nd, 2024): The bootkit described in this report seems to be part of a project created by cybersecurity students participating in Korea's Best of the Best (BoB) training program. As ...

The vulnerabilities were introduced when Lenovo inadvertently included an early development driver in the commercial versions of their software. Lenovo has released fixes for high-severity bios ...

Two research groups demonstrate PC firmware vulnerabilities that are difficult to mitigate and likely to be exploited in the wild. Two teams of researchers have revealed vulnerabilities this week in ...

Following my recent posts concerning my experiences with Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and secure booting, here's a Q&A with Mark Doran, the UEFI forum president. In general I agree ...

Windows 8 PCs will boot super fast in part because of the next-generation booting specification known as Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The latest UEFI, released April 8, includes a ...

This is not strictly a server-specific topic but this is something that probably becomes more of a problem with server and automated provisioning environments. Though in my case it's my home lab. Most ...

If you see the following screen when you start your Windows 11/10 computer, then this post will be able to help you. The screen is known to appear in HP PCs with UEFI and offers the option to fall ...

Most people don’t understand UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) or even know whether their computer has it. An interface layer between an operating system and firmware, UEFI offers much ...

The Secure Boot security mechanism of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) can be bypassed on around half of computers that have the feature enabled in order to install bootkits, according ...