A crucial Windows security certificate just expired - how to check your PC ...

Microsoft has released Secure Boot 2023 certificates to all eligible Windows 11 and Windows 10 PC. Here's how to check if you ...

Microsoft is preparing Windows PCs for a Secure Boot certificate transition ahead of a June 2026 deadline, as older certificates near expiration. The company is rolling out newer 2023 Secure Boot ...

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The 2026 Secure Boot certificate expiration is one of those infrastructure changes that doesn’t make noise—until it breaks things.

Secure Boot has been part of the PC ecosystem since 2011, but 2023–2025 finally pushed it into the spotlight, and not in a way Microsoft, OEMs, or firmware vendors might have liked. What was once a ...

The KEK CA 2011 expiration (June 24, 2026) is the near-term driver: it is the certificate that signs DB and DBX updates. Devices that are not updated to trust the new 2023 certificates before these ...

In this post, we are going to see what you can do to resolve Event ID 1801, Secure Boot CA/keys need to be updated. Event ID 1801 is a warning logged by Windows to indicate that the Secure Boot ...

Shim is a critical middleware component used in operating systems. Through API interception or signature verification, it provides both application compatibility and Secure Boot integrity. However, it ...

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help Windows users and admins update bootable media so it utilizes the new "Windows UEFI CA 2023" certificate before the mitigations of the BlackLotus ...

Protecting against intruders who attack via malware that installs during the bootup process is a critical part of maintaining all-around security on Windows systems. New security features are great, ...