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This overlooked Linux boot flaw defeats Secure Boot heres how to fix it

July 7, 2025July 6, 2025 Brian Fagioli
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A Linux researcher at ERNW has demonstrated how attackers can bypass Secure Boot protections by modifying an unsigned initramfs. But a few kernel tweaks are all it takes to lock things down.

Categories Linux, Security Tags evil maid attack, Fedora, full disk encryption, GRUB, initramfs, Linux, Linux security, Linux vulnerability, Secure Boot, Ubuntu Leave a comment

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