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Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threat

arstechnica.com

25 points by jron · 5 comments

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ycombinatrix

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

  • bravetraveler

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

    Eagerly waiting for this circus tent to burn

  • freeAgent

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

  • hollow-moe

    or asked nicely enough by diverse government entities

dTal

> 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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