Among the requirements for installing Windows 11 are two security features: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0 and Secure Boot. As we’ve documented before ...

Update 1/22/23: Title updated as MSI intentionally changed this setting as per statement below. Over 290 MSI motherboards are reportedly affected by an insecure default UEFI Secure Boot setting ...

Motherboard maker MSI might have accidently disabled some secure boot features on more than 290 MSI motherboards. The changes will allow any operating system image to run regardless of whether it has ...

MSI accidentally disabled Secure Boot on hundreds of its motherboards. Secure Boot is a security feature that helps protect against malicious software by ensuring that only software with a valid ...

The Secure Boot feature on as many as 300 MSI motherboards reportedly doesn't work as you might expect—or as the feature is intended. Specifically, the motherboards will allow unvalidated firmware and ...

Secure Boot is an industry standard for ensuring that Windows devices don’t load malicious firmware or software during the startup process. If you have it turned on—as you should in most cases, and it ...

One of the major security features Microsoft made mandatory as a system requirement for Windows 11 was Secure Boot. The idea behind Secure Boot is to prevent malicious software from loading when a ...

Why it matters: Secure Boot is a technology designed to protect the PC boot chain and avoid running a tampered operating system. A firmware update released by MSI, however, changed the feature ...

Motherboards in circulation in recent years are equipped with a function 'Secure Boot' that restricts the bootable OS and strengthens security. However, security researcher Dawid Potocki has revealed ...

The latest firmware update for MSI motherboards broke a major security feature, putting countless computers at risk of malware and other threats, a security expert has claimed. Researcher Dawid ...

Hundreds of UEFI products from 10 vendors are susceptible to compromise due to a critical firmware supply-chain issue known as PKfail, which allows attackers to bypass Secure Boot and install malware.

Eh, I don't think MSI made an unreasonable choice for their target market. It would be much less defensible if an OEM selling prebuilt PCs did the same. It would be nice if there was some kind of ...