Battlefield 6 launch day has finally arrived, and many PC gamers will soon find out that Secure Boot must be enabled in Windows 10 or Windows 11 before playing. Secure Boot is designed to keep your PC ...
Microsoft has recently begun replacing expiring Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 systems running 24H2 and 25H2 ...
Microsoft is rolling out "Secure Boot Allowed Key Exchange Key (KEK) Update," which requires a system reboot to finish ...
Why it matters: Discovered in October 2022, BlackLotus is a powerful UEFI-compatible bootkit sold on underground marketplaces at $5,000 per license. The malware provides impressive capabilities, and a ...
Researchers on Wednesday announced a major cybersecurity find—the world’s first-known instance of real-world malware that can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced ...
Microsoft has begun rolling out updated Secure Boot certificates through monthly Windows updates to replace the original 2011 certificates that will expire in late June 2026. Microsoft has started ...
With the increasing prevalence of open-source implementations and the expansion of personal computing device usage to include mobile and non-PC devices as well as traditional desktops and laptops, ...
The functionality of the bootkit and its individual features make ESET Research believe that it is a threat known as BlackLotus, a UEFI bootkit that has been sold on hacking forums for USD$5,000 since ...
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is the open, multi-vendor replacement for the aging BIOS standard, which first appeared in IBM computers in 1976. The UEFI standard is extensive, covering ...