Microsoft's Secure Boot Has Been Breakable for Nearly a Decade — And Nobody Noticed
A critical flaw in Microsoft's Secure Boot — a security feature built into Windows PCs to block malicious software at startup — has apparently existed for most of its lifespan. Old, forgotten 'shims' that Microsoft never revoked made it straightforward for attackers to bypass the protection entirely. The vulnerability was only discovered now, despite being present for roughly ten years.
Why It Matters
Hundreds of millions of Windows users in India — from students and home users to banks and government offices — rely on Secure Boot as a foundational layer of PC security. If it was broken all along, any device that seemed secure may not have been.
🔒 Potential Impact + source link
Subscribe to unlock the impact analysis and original source for every story.
More from Technology
- Grok's AI Coding Tool Was Secretly Uploading Your Entire Codebase to the Cloud
- Meta Is Being Sued for Using AI — Not Managers — to Decide Who Gets Fired
- Apple Sues OpenAI, Claiming Ex-Engineer Used a Bug to Steal Trade Secrets
- New York Just Banned New Data Centres for a Full Year — And the AI World Is Rattled