firmware updates

Microsoft has quietly sounded an operational alarm: the long‑lived Secure Boot certificates that have anchored Windows’ pre‑boot trust since about 2011 begin expiring in mid‑2026, and while Microsoft and many OEMs are delivering updated certificates automatically through Windows servicing, a...

Siemens ProductCERT has confirmed an improper access control vulnerability in Heliox-branded EV charging hardware that can let an attacker reach otherwise protected services by using the charging cable as an attack vector — Siemens has published fixes and recommends updating affected chargers to...

Microsoft has quietly accelerated a platform-level Secure Boot certificate refresh for Windows 11 — one that replaces long‑lived Microsoft UEFI certificates issued around 2011 with a new 2023 certificate family so devices remain able to trust and receive pre‑boot security updates after those...

Microsoft quietly refreshed and republished detailed Secure Boot FAQ content this winter, restoring step‑by‑step guidance and timeline clarity as the industry races toward the mid‑2026 expiration of several long‑running UEFI signing certificates. The updated FAQ and related Microsoft posts make...

Microsoft has issued a platform-level warning: the Secure Boot certificates first issued around 2011 that underpin Windows’ pre-boot trust model begin expiring in June 2026, and although most updated systems will continue to boot, devices that do not receive the replacement certificate family...

Pelco’s Sarix Professional 3 Series cameras have a serious authentication-bypass weakness that, according to the advisory published this week, allows unauthenticated access to functionality normally gated behind the device’s web-management interface — including the ability to view live video...

Microsoft has notified the Windows ecosystem of a far-reaching, time‑bound change: the Secure Boot certificates that Microsoft issued around 2011 will begin expiring in mid‑2026, and a coordinated replacement (the 2023 certificate family) is being delivered now to prevent a calendar‑driven...

Microsoft's firm denial that the August 12, 2025 Windows 11 security update (commonly tracked in the community as KB5063878) caused a wave of reported SSD failures closes one public chapter of the story — but it does not close the technical questions or the practical risks that remain for users...

Microsoft has issued a clear operational warning: the Secure Boot certificates that have anchored Windows’ pre‑boot trust since about 2011 are reaching the end of their planned lifetimes, and IT teams must act now to ensure fleets — especially servers, air‑gapped systems, and Windows 10 devices...

Microsoft’s February 24, 2026 Safe OS Dynamic Update notice for Windows 11, version 26H1 surfaces a hard deadline that administrators and power users cannot ignore: the Microsoft Secure Boot certificates issued in 2011 begin expiring in June 2026, and devices that do not receive the replacement...

Microsoft has quietly begun a platform-level refresh of the cryptographic anchors that protect Windows’ pre‑boot environment, delivering new Secure Boot certificates through Windows Update and coordinated OEM firmware work to head off a calendar‑driven failure when Microsoft’s original UEFI...

Microsoft’s February firmware for the Surface Pro (11th Gen) is more than routine housekeeping: it plugs several high-impact holes that affected cellular connectivity, video conferencing, docking, and HDR playback — and it arrives at a moment when Microsoft is actively promoting 5G Windows...

Microsoft has issued a cumulative firmware and driver update for the Surface Pro (11th Edition) that addresses a cluster of high-impact issues — including loss of cellular connectivity when a VPN is active, unexpected shutdowns during Microsoft Teams calls, an eSIM configuration regression that...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a substantial firmware and driver update for the Surface Pro (11th Edition) that targets a string of practical, real-world pain points — from eSIM and VPN connectivity to Microsoft Teams stability and Dolby Vision playback — and delivers those fixes in a...

Microsoft’s coordinated refresh of UEFI Secure Boot certificates has moved from advisory to operational urgency, and the monitoring-only approach using Microsoft Intune Remediations gives IT teams a non-invasive, exportable way to track which Windows endpoints have received the replacement 2023...

Microsoft has quietly started a platform‑level countdown: the Secure Boot certificates that have protected Windows boot chains since 2011 are being retired in 2026, and while Microsoft and major OEMs are pushing a coordinated replacement, a material number of machines — especially unmanaged...

Windows 10 users who thought "my PC will keep working" were given a far sharper wake-up call this week: Microsoft and its OEM partners are rolling out a coordinated Secure Boot certificate renewal that begins to take effect in June 2026, and any Windows 10 installations that are no longer...

Microsoft’s blunt reminder landed in February: the cryptographic certificates that underpin UEFI Secure Boot — the very mechanism that helps stop malware from running before Windows ever starts — are reaching the end of their designed lifetimes in mid‑2026, and the consequences for the many PCs...

Windows 10 users who think “it still boots, so I’m fine” are being handed a quietly serious maintenance problem: Microsoft is replacing the Secure Boot certificates that have underpinned Windows’ pre‑boot trust model since 2011, and machines that don’t receive the new certificates will continue...

Microsoft’s decision to rotate out 2011-era Secure Boot certificates has turned what many Windows 10 holdouts already feared into an urgent timetable: machines that remained on Windows 10 after Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support date now face an additional, platform-level security gap...