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Arm Linux and Secure Boot: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How to Fix It
Arm-powered devices now run everything from hobbyist projects to cloud servers — and many of them need the kind of firmware-level protection that Secure Boot provides. But unlike the x86 PC world,...
Microsoft Kicks Off Live Rollout of 2023 Secure Boot Certificates—Time to Act Before the 2026 Cutoff
Microsoft has begun pushing new Secure Boot certificates to Windows devices, a critical transition that will permanently retire trust in 2011-era signing keys and prevent older bootloaders from...
Secure Boot Certificate Rollover Will Fail Without OEM Firmware Updates, Microsoft Warns
Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificate authority (CA) rollover, a multi-year cryptographic transition, will begin impacting devices as early as 2026, and its success hinges on one thing most IT teams...
Intel Macs Can't Fake Windows 11's Secure Boot and TPM: Here's Why
Windows 11's hard requirements for UEFI Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 have left many Intel Mac owners in a bind. A recent MacRumors forum post asked if a boot manager like RefindPlus could "spoof" Secure...