Over the past few days I have been installing Windows Updates on my two most recently acquired Windows 8 systems (see My New ASUS Laptop and My New Compaq Laptop). I had read several news items and ...

One of the largest underlying changes to Windows 8 is the long-overdue shift from BIOS to UEFI. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is superior to BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) in almost ...

A good bit of the feedback on my most recent post about installing Fedora on my new laptop was along the lines of "instead of telling us what doesn't work, please give us some information about what ...

Asus released an executable file to upgrade your vbios in Asus GTX 680 models so that it will enable the card to use Windows 8’s Fast boot option, provided its installed on an Asus UEFI motherboard ...

Developers at Intel’s Open Source Technology Center have been working on a version of Android optimized to run on Intel chips, and this week the team released a major update. Android-4.2.2_r1-ia0 is a ...

Q: A company's technician needs to configure a new Windows 8 PC with UEFI secure boot. Which of the following are requirements for UEFI secure boot? (Choose all that ...

Some signed third-party bootloaders for the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) could allow attackers to execute unauthorized code in an early stage of the boot process, before the operating ...

When the hackers roll to Vegas, you know a good amount of exploits are going to surface. Defcon was on point this week in the Nevada desert, and here's yet another exploit that has piqued our interest ...

In this article, we’ll discuss how to reboot the system into BIOS or UEFI Firmware Settings. Windows 11/10 is designed to have a really fast boot time. In fact, it’s too fast to interrupt. Most of the ...

The developers of the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit have improved the malware with Secure Boot bypass capabilities that allow it to infect even fully patched Windows 11 systems. BlackLotus is the first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A high-rated security vulnerability in the Secure Boot ...