After all the “excitement” of CrowdStrike last week, let’s start this week with some good old fashioned bad news cyber security research. Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers | Ars Technica Let’s get a definition of Secure Boot from Copilot AI: “Secure Boot …
Breaking Windows Secure Boot is a big deal
The BlackLotus malware is going to be a problem – Microsoft Window’s cyber security stance relies on a the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) secure boot. If it can be compromised then all Windows users could have a problem. Even Windows 11 users. Here is Bruce Schneier’s view of the …
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Windows Secure Boot compromised
Windows secure boot is a tool to prevent unauthorised software from running on Windows machines protecting the firmware and other essential systems. A UEFI secbootkit malware package known as BlackLotus – readily available for sale on hacker forums – can now bypass this security feature: It’s official: BlackLotus malware can …
Do you have an Acer Notebook?
Acer has patched a serious flaw with the firmware on certain of their Notebook computer that left the trusted Secure Boot, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) security features vulnerable to deactivation. Acer fixes UEFI bugs that can be used to disable Secure Boot (bleepingcomputer.com) …
