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 ...

Highguard launches on January 26, 2026. Before fiddling with the settings within your BIOS to make sure you can play the game as soon as it drops, it is wise to check whether you have all the ...

Enter the UEFI utility to find the Secure Boot toggle This article describes how to enable Secure Boot to install Windows 11. The easiest way to enable Secure Boot is to do so through UEFI. It's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft released a patch to fix a Secure Boot bypass bug used by the BlackLotus bootkit we reported on in March. The original vulnerability, CVE-2022-21894, was patched in January ...

This article describes how to enable Secure Boot to install Windows 11. How Do I Enable Secure Boot? The easiest way to enable Secure Boot is to do so through UEFI. It's typically listed as one of the ...