INTEL_REPORT
Ars Technica — Security · published 7/14/2026, 10:20:48 PM · TLP amber
Summary
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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now Old and forgotten "shims" Microsoft failed to revoke have made Secure Boot bypasses simple. An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence. The discovery was made by researchers at security firm ESET after identifying 11 firmware images, at least one from 2013, tha…
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/microsoft-secure-boot-has-been-broken-for-most-of-its-existence
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