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Secure Boot has relied on the same security certificates to verify bootloaders since 2011, during the development cycle for Windows 8. But those original certificates are set to expire in June and ...

A new open-source and cross-platform tool called Tirith can detect homoglyph attacks over command-line environments by ...

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There is no doubt that Linux has come a long way in the last five years, thanks in large part to Valve opening the door to gaming with Proton. Linux has always been a capable operating system, but its ...

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