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 ...

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 ...

Good news for Linux fans and software freedom advocates: a new tool may now let you run Linux on devices built for Microsoft's Windows 8. The Linux Foundation Secure Boot System will allow Linux to ...

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, ...

There is a gaping security hole in the open-source bootloader shim that allows attackers – to inject their code in a man-in-the-middle position –, for example. A complete compromise of the systems is ...

Getting Linux to boot and install on PCs locked down with Windows 8's UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot is still a major headache. However, Matthew Garrett, a well-known Linux ...

Another day, another potential Linux security problem. This time around, it's a critical vulnerability in shim -- the key link between Linux and your computer's firmware during boot. Left unrepaired, ...

Scarcely a week goes by these days without the emergence of some new approach to the vexing “Secure Boot” problem facing Linux users on Windows 8 hardware, and this week is no exception. Not just one ...

The latest releases of many major Linux distributions now include a bootloader or a shim of some sort to work with UEFI, including Ubuntu 12.10 and Fedora 18. This UEFI requirement, however, has been ...

Security developer Matthew Garrett released his own shim last year. A shim is different from a bootloader in that in that it does not require a signed key from a third party, though this approach is ...