The images are known as shims, which were invented to extend Secure Boot to Linux devices and utility software. Using a ...

Commercially developed FinFisher malware now can infect Windows devices using a UEFI bootkit that it injects in the Windows Boot Manager. FinFisher (also known as FinSpy and Wingbird) is a ...

ESET found 11 Microsoft-signed UEFI shims, some over a decade old, that let attackers bypass Secure Boot without a single new ...

ESET researchers discovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed by Microsoft that allow attackers to bypass UEFI ...

Some signed third-party bootloaders for the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) could allow attackers to execute unauthorized code in an early stage of the boot process, before the operating ...

Almost a dozen vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders discovered and revoked.

ESET researchers discovered 11 old, Microsoft-signed, UEFI applications that allow bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on the majority of UEFI-based ...

A crucial Windows security certificate just expired - how to check your PC ...

The extended support updates (ESU) on Windows 7 ends today. Interestingly and rather bizarrely, Microsoft enabled native UEFI and Secure Boot. However, the new feature support is not without flaws.

I haven't done a very good job of keeping up with the latest info regarding X58-based motherboards, but I did notice this post describing BIOS options (including a UEFI boot toggle) on a pre-release ...

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 ...

When your Windows 11 system gets stuck on the Gigabyte logo during boot, it typically indicates a failure in the boot process before the operating system can fully load. This can result from hardware ...