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 ...

I have win xp on my 80gb HD and Linux on my 30gb HD. I just got a new system and will be transferring the 80gb HD to the new system leaving the 30gb on the old system as a linux only pc. First, is ...

Researchers at security firm Eclypsium have discovered a means whereby malicious code can be inserted during the boot-up process on a device running Linux, due to a flaw in the bootloader used: the ...

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 ...

On many Linux systems the boot process sees the usual BIOS screen, followed by Grub. The Grand Unified Bootloader (Grub) takes over from our BIOS and offers the user a choice of OS options and kernel ...

Why it matters: Billions of computers that are currently in use rely on a feature called Secure Boot to ensure malware has one less way of penetrating your computer. However, a new flaw discovered in ...

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 ...