Because of my multi-boot setup, and the fact that I am more or less continually reloading one distribution or another, I've had to look a bit deeper into setting up and configuring GRUB recently. Here ...

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 ...

When Ubuntu changed to Grub 2 a couple of releases ago, it became significantly more difficult to set up multi-boot Linux systems. Most if not all Ubuntu derivatives are also using Grub2, and now the ...

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 ...

Pressing the backspace key 28 times can bypass the Grub2 bootloader’s password protection and allow a hacker to install malware on a locked-down Linux system. GRUB, which stands for the Grand Unified ...

The firmware ' UEFI ' installed in the PC has a mechanism called 'Secure Boot'. Secure Boot verifies the signature of the program that is executed before the OS starts, and protects the device by ...

Bootloaders are an essential bit of software for almost every modern electronic device. Unfortunately, any vulnerabilities in the bootloader can open a device up to attackers. Eclypsium researchers ...

Pressing the backspace key 28 times can bypass the Grub2 bootloader’s password protection and allow a hacker to install malware on a locked-down Linux system. GRUB, which stands for the Grand Unified ...

After the makers of the Linux distribution Tails recently had to release an emergency update, the distribution is now entering calmer waters. Updated core components and minor bug fixes, such as for ...