UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot

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Author: gnabgib

Date: 7/15/2026

Article Summary:
ESET researchers discovered 11 old, Microsoft-signed, UEFI applications that allow bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on the majority of UEFI-based systems, enabling deployment of malicious UEFI bootkits or other malware.