Neowin News Feed for: Grub

Tails 6.15 out now with Tor Browser 14.5.1, Linux 6.1.135, and removed drivers

Paul Hill — Thu, 01 May 2025 14:40:01 +0000

Tails 6.15 is out now with an updated Tor Browser and Linux kernel. It also removes support for some older wireless chips. Read more...

Rogue AI goes Admin-mode, installs updates that the PC could never reboot from

Sayan Sen — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:44:01 +0000

A recent incident highlights the importance of using AI carefully and responsibly. The AI went Admin-mode and installed a bunch of updates that it could never reboot from. Read more...

New Rufus 4.5 has Windows and Linux improvements, for UEFI, NTFS, MBR, ISO, GRUB

Sayan Sen — Wed, 22 May 2024 21:36:01 +0000

Rufus, one of the most popular unofficial third-party software used for creating bootable media has been updated today. The new version has improvements related to UEFI, NTFS, ISO, VHDX, GRUB. Read more...

Microsoft pushes Windows 11 22H2 Secure boot DBX update that's known to be bug-ridden

Sayan Sen — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:09:30 +0000

Microsoft is starting to push the KB5012170 security update on Windows 11 22H2. The update supposed to patch a Secure Boot DBX GRUB vulnerability, though, has a lot of known issues. Read more...

Rufus 3.21 with improved Windows local account support, NTFS, exFAT, now available for all

Sayan Sen — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:12:01 +0000

Rufus version 3.21 is now generally available. The latest update brings several improvements related to Windows like better local account support and file system support, among others. Read more...

KB5012170: Microsoft August Patch Tuesday fixes critical Secure Boot GRUB vulnerability

Sayan Sen — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 04:22:02 +0000

With Patch Tuesday recently, Microsoft released the KB5012170 update which adds new vulnerable UEFI signatures to the Secure Boot DBX. The newly added signatures are related to the GRUB vulnerability. Read more...