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Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threat

arstechnica.com

25 points by jron a year ago · 5 comments

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ycombinatrix a year ago

Microsoft refuses to sign GRUB but apparently they'll happily sign malicious bootkits if you pay them

  • bravetraveler a year ago

    Be assured, however, Microsoft <3 open source. The foundation upon which their empire rests

    Eagerly waiting for this circus tent to burn

  • freeAgent a year ago

    It’s Microsoft’s new (not really), super-secure technology called TrustUs! Just TrustUs to do what’s best.

  • hollow-moe a year ago

    or asked nicely enough by diverse government entities

dTal a year ago

> As Smolár dug further, he found that reloader.efi was present not only in Howyar’s SysReturn, but also in recovery software from six other suppliers

They shared it around? Licensed it to each other? They obviously knew what they had.

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