Secure Boot has been bypassed for years via unrevoked Microsoft-signed shims dating to 2013. Patch Tuesday June 2026 fixes it - but check now.

The images are known as shims, which were invented to extend Secure Boot to Linux devices and utility software. Using a technique simple enough to be performed by novice hackers, these old, forgotten ...

We’re now heading into August and the issue of updated Secure Boot certificates still hasn’t been resolved for all Windows ...

Most people don’t spend time thinking about Secure Boot. (Not even the staff at PCWorld.) But this Windows security feature provides a vital protection against dangerous malware—one some PCs have just ...

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 ...

Windows 8 is remembered most for its oddball touchscreen-focused full-screen Start menu, but it also introduced a number of under-the-hood enhancements to Windows. One of those was UEFI Secure Boot, a ...

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Over the past few months, we’ve been reporting on a major change to the Secure Boot certificates used in Windows 11, which are required for a secure system boot. Microsoft has repeatedly warned that ...

Windows will now tell you if Secure Boot is working properly. The new status indicates whether you have the latest Secure Boot updates. The April Windows update also patches a whopping 164 security ...

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

I always get a bit jittery whenever I hear of a new vulnerability that can enable a bypass of the Windows Secure Boot protections. I don’t really need to explain why, do I? Suffice to say, Secure Boot ...

Following Battlefield 6‘s difficulties with the “secure boot” problem on PC, it’s now Call of Duty: Black Ops 7‘s turn. The BO7 beta is here, and some players are having issues with the message about ...