Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI ...

One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

Operating system maintainers, computer manufacturers, security and virtualization software vendors have worked together over the past few months to coordinate a unified response to a vulnerability ...

The modular Grand Unified Bootloader in version 2.x is still the boot method used by the installers of most Linux systems. Support for a number of file systems, EFI, secure boot and multiboot make ...

Microsoft’s vulnerability and mitigations team have discovered a bug in a program called Shim, which is used in Linux distributions that support secure boot. While the vulnerability, CVE-2023-40547, ...

GRUB, a popular boot loader used by Unix-based operating systems has fixed multiple high severity vulnerabilities. In 2020, BleepingComputer had reported on the BootHole vulnerability in GRUB2 that ...

According to user reports following this month's Patch Tuesday, the August 2024 Windows security updates are breaking dual boot on some Linux systems with Secure Boot enabled. This issue is caused by ...

At the weekend, it emerged that the Windows updates in August caused numerous Linux distributions to no longer start. The cause is bootloaders blocked by the Windows updates – Microsoft now explains ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A high-rated security vulnerability in the Secure Boot ...