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  • The Register: HybridPetya: More proof that Secure Boot bypasses are not just an urban legend

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/hopefully_just_a_poc_hybridpetya/ Source: The Register Title: HybridPetya: More proof that Secure Boot bypasses are not just an urban legend Feedly Summary: Although it hasn’t been seen in the wild yet A new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya was able to exploit a patched vulnerability to bypass Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot on unrevoked…

  • Cloud Blog: How to enable Secure Boot for your AI workloads

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-to-enable-secure-boot-for-your-ai-workloads/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How to enable Secure Boot for your AI workloads Feedly Summary: As organizations race to deploy powerful GPU-accelerated workloads, they might overlook a foundational step: ensuring the integrity of the system from the very moment it turns on.  Threat actors, however, have not overlooked this. They increasingly target…

  • Schneier on Security: AI Vulnerability Finding

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/ai-vulnerability-finding.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AI Vulnerability Finding Feedly Summary: Microsoft is reporting that its AI systems are able to find new vulnerabilities in source code: Microsoft discovered eleven vulnerabilities in GRUB2, including integer and buffer overflows in filesystem parsers, command flaws, and a side-channel in cryptographic comparison. Additionally, 9 buffer overflows…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Uses AI To Find Flaws In GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox Bootloaders

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/05/0250250/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Uses AI To Find Flaws In GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox Bootloaders Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has leveraged its AI-powered Security Copilot to identify 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in critical bootloader software that affects numerous Linux distributions and IoT devices. This accomplishment highlights the role…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Analyzing open-source bootloaders: Finding vulnerabilities faster with AI

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/31/analyzing-open-source-bootloaders-finding-vulnerabilities-faster-with-ai/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Analyzing open-source bootloaders: Finding vulnerabilities faster with AI Feedly Summary: Using Microsoft Security Copilot to expedite the discovery process, Microsoft has uncovered several vulnerabilities in multiple open-source bootloaders impacting all operating systems relying on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot. Through a series of prompts, we…