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Secure boot: a chain of signatures from the first instruction to the OS

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Question 1 of 8

Why does malware that runs before the operating system matter so much?

Question 2 of 8

What makes the first link of a secure-boot chain trustworthy?

Question 3 of 8

In UEFI Secure Boot, what does the dbx database hold?

Question 4 of 8

How do most Linux distributions boot on PCs with Microsoft's Secure Boot keys?

Question 5 of 8

What's the difference between verified boot and measured boot?

Question 6 of 8

Why can't malware just write the 'good' value into a TPM PCR after loading?

Question 7 of 8

BlackLotus bypassed Secure Boot on fully patched Windows systems. How?

Question 8 of 8

What went wrong in PKfail (CVE-2024-8105)?

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