17 jun 2026
Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near
The clock is ticking for Windows and Linux users to update cryptographic keys that protect their systems against firmware-based UEFI infections, a pernicious form of malware that loads before operating system and anti-malware protections start. Beginning June 24, three certificates that cryptographically verify that each piece of firmware and software that loads during system boot will expire. The Microsoft-signed certificates are the linchpins of Secure Boot, a Microsoft-designed chain of trust.
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Secure Boot has always been a nuisance for Linux users, but now that Microsoft's 2011 certificate authorities are expiring, it's become a real pain.
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Linux users face a Microsoft Secure Boot headache - here's the painkiller
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