#Secure Boot
5 stories taggedSecure Boot.
Windows 10 gets its August 2026 security patch: what KB5120249 actually fixes
Microsoft's monthly update fixes silent backup failures and widens the Secure Boot certificate rollout. Install it now.
Old, Forgotten Boot Programs Left a Back Door Open Below Your Operating System
Security researchers found 11 outdated Linux boot components that Microsoft had quietly kept trusting for years. Any attacker with a copy could have slipped past a core security feature before Windows or Linux even started loading.
Eleven Old Microsoft-Signed Boot Files Could Let Hackers Slip Past Secure Boot
Researchers say the signed UEFI applications, still trusted by most PCs, can be used to load malicious code before Windows even starts.
Six bugs in U-Boot bootloader open the door to hidden firmware attacks
Researchers found flaws in the open-source code that starts up millions of embedded devices, from routers to industrial kit. Fixes are out.
Satellite reaction wheel flaw lets attackers with physical access swap in malicious firmware
CISA flags a signature-verification gap in CubeSpace's CW0057, tracked as CVE-2026-13743. The vendor rates practical risk as low.