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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Secure Boot has been a core part of PC motherboards for more than a decade -- MSI needed to be reminded of that. A security researcher recently discovered that MSI has released more than 300 ...

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 ...

Over the past week we've been testing the VRM on a number of entry-level AMD B550 motherboards such as the Gigabyte B550M DS3H, Asus Prime B550M-A, Asrock B550M Pro4, and the MSI B550M Pro-VDH Wi-Fi.

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 ...