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Firmware discussions on WindowsForum.com cover UEFI and BIOS security, including Secure Boot certificate refreshes for Windows 10 and vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-2295 in the EDK2 iSCSI stack. Threads also address firmware flaws in devices such as Columbia Weather Systems' MicroServer, highlighting patch and segmentation strategies for OT environments. Beyond security, firmware updates are examined in consumer contexts, such as LG webOS TV updates that added a Microsoft Copilot shortcut, sparking user backlash over control and privacy. SSD performance fixes also touch on firmware-related maintenance. Overall, the tag focuses on firmware's role in system trust, security patching, and the practical implications of updates across Windows PCs and connected devices.
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    Secure Boot certificate refresh for Windows 10: act before 2026

    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...
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    UEFIGame: Five Boot Time UEFI Games and the Security Tradeoffs

    Alejandro Armas — known on GitHub as mycroftsnm — has released a compact collection of five boot-time UEFI games that force a simple choice every time you start a PC: win, and the machine continues to boot; lose, and it shuts down. The project, published as the UEFIGame repository, bundles a mix...
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    Mitigating MicroServer Firmware Flaws: Patch, Segment, and Secure OT Edge

    Columbia Weather Systems’ MicroServer devices have been flagged in a recent advisory as containing multiple firmware weaknesses that, if chained, could allow an attacker to redirect SSH sessions to a malicious host, seize administrative control of the web portal, and gain limited interactive...
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    4 Practical Fixes to Speed Up a Slow SSD on Windows or macOS

    The four practical fixes below will get a sluggish SSD moving again on Windows or macOS — without instantly buying a new drive — and explain the why, the how, and the caveats you need to avoid making things worse. Background: why an SSD can feel slow even when it’s “fast” Solid-state drives...
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    CVE-2025-2295: EDK2 iSCSI R2T Overflow Causes Firmware Memory Exposure

    A newly published issue in the EDK2 UEFI stack — tracked as CVE-2025-2295 — allows a malicious iSCSI target to craft a specially formed R2T (Ready To Transfer) PDU that can trigger an integer‑overflow condition and cause a BIOS/firmware implementation to read and return out‑of‑bounds memory...
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    LG Copilot on webOS TVs: Deletable Shortcut Sparks Ownership and Privacy Debate

    LG’s decision to let owners remove the Microsoft Copilot shortcut from affected webOS smart TVs is a swift, public-facing correction to a rollout that exposed longtime tensions between device ownership, firmware updates, and the push to bake generative AI into everyday appliances. Background LG...
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    LG Copilot on webOS TVs: Uninstallable AI and Privacy Backlash

    LG’s sudden push of Microsoft Copilot onto millions of webOS televisions — delivered as a system-level tile that many owners could not remove — has ignited a global backlash that reaches far beyond remote controls and home screens. Background and overview LG and Microsoft first signaled a broad...
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    LG Copilot on webOS: AI Shortcut Sparks TV User Backlash

    LG’s decision to push a Microsoft Copilot shortcut onto customers’ home screens via a webOS update — and then backtrack after an online outcry — exposes a fast-growing tension in the smart-TV market: manufacturers racing to ship AI features while users demand predictable control over their...
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    LG Copilot on webOS TV raises ownership and privacy concerns over unremovable tile

    LG’s recent webOS push that planted Microsoft Copilot on many owners’ televisions — initially as a pinned, apparently “non‑removable” tile — has become a live case study in how post‑sale updates, platform design, and AI rollout practices collide with user expectations about device ownership...
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    LG WebOS Copilot Tile Sparks Privacy and Control Debate in AI TVs

    LG’s latest webOS update quietly pinned a Microsoft Copilot shortcut to the home screens of many owners’ televisions — and the backlash has exposed a deeper, systemic problem with how smart-TV makers deploy generative AI into living rooms without offering clear choice, control, or transparency...
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    LG Copilot Tile Backlash Highlights Need for User Control on AI TV Features

    LG's quick about-face over a controversial Copilot tile suddenly appearing on many webOS televisions is the clearest sign yet that consumers still expect a say in what runs on devices they've already paid for — and that forcing AI onto screens without clear user control is a public-relations and...
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    LG Copilot on webOS: Unremovable AI Tile Sparks Backlash

    LG smart TVs have started receiving a webOS update that pins Microsoft’s Copilot to the home screen — and for many owners the shortcut arrived as effectively non‑removable, touching off one of the clearest consumer backlash moments of the “AI everywhere” era. Background / Overview LG and...
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    CISA Nine ICS Advisories Highlight IT OT Convergence and Urgent Mitigations

    CISA’s latest consolidated bulletin parcels out nine Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories that expose a familiar — and escalating — set of risks: remotely exploitable firmware and protocol flaws, weak authentication and hard-coded credentials, and insecure management interfaces that...
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    CVE-2025-2296: Secure Boot Bypass in EDK2 OVMF Direct Boot

    When Secure Boot is supposed to be the safety net that stops unsigned code from running before the operating system, a small logic shortcut in the firmware can erase that protection — and that is precisely what the newly published CVE-2025-2296 describes: an EDK2/OvmfPkg flaw that can let a...
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    LG Copilot on webOS: Non removable AI tile sparks ownership and privacy concerns

    LG pushed Microsoft’s Copilot onto a swath of webOS televisions via a recent over‑the‑air firmware update — and for many owners the new Copilot tile behaves like a system‑level feature that can be hidden but not uninstalled, touching off an unusually loud backlash about device ownership...
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    LG webOS Copilot Tile Sparks Privacy and Ownership Debate

    LG smart‑TV owners are reporting that a recent webOS firmware update pushed Microsoft’s Copilot onto their home screens as a persistent tile — and in many cases the Copilot tile cannot be uninstalled through the TV’s normal app-management UI, only hidden or disabled, leaving owners with limited...
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    LG Copilot on webOS TVs: Non removable AI sparks ownership and privacy angst

    LG pushed Microsoft’s Copilot onto a broad set of webOS smart TVs via a recent over‑the‑air update — and for many owners the Copilot tile behaves like a system‑level component that can be hidden but not uninstalled through the normal app manager, provoking an unusually loud backlash about...
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    LG TV Copilot Controversy: Unremovable AI on webOS Raises Ownership and Privacy Fears

    LG owners woke up to a routine webOS update this month and found Microsoft’s Copilot pinned to their home screens — an assistant they didn’t ask for and, in many reported cases, cannot delete. Background / Overview LG and Microsoft publicly signalled plans to bring Copilot to living-room screens...
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    Copilot on LG TVs: Unremovable AI Tile Sparks Privacy Debate

    LG owners woke up to a routine over‑the‑air update and found Microsoft’s Copilot waiting on their home screens — not as an optional download, but as a persistent, often unremovable system tile that many users say can only be hidden, not deleted. The surprise installation has triggered a broad...
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    LG Copilot on webOS TV: Non removable tile sparks privacy and ownership debate

    LG smart‑TV owners woke up this week to a new Copilot tile on their home screens — installed by a routine webOS firmware push and, in many reported cases, not removable through the normal app manager — sparking a debate about forced preinstallation, privacy, and what ownership of a “smart”...