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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> used its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>-powered <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SecurityCopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SecurityCopilot</a> to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GRUB2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GRUB2</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBoot</a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Barebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barebox</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bootloaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootloaders</a>. GRUB2 (GRand Unified Bootloader) is the default boot loader for most <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> distributions, including Ubuntu, while U-Boot and Barebox are commonly used in embedded and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IoT</a> devices. <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders/</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ITSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ITSec</a>

The New Oil<a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> uses <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> to find flaws in <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/GRUB2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GRUB2</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/UBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBoot</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Barebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barebox</a> bootloaders<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/bootloader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootloader</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a>

Reshmi AravindGRUB developers are preparing 73 security patches for 2025 — a major cleanup effort tackling old CVEs, long-standing issues, and security debt. Most fixes are already upstream. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SecureBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SecureBoot</a> users, keep an eye on this.Details: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB2-73-Patches-Security-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB2-73-Patches-Security-2025</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Grub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grub</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/grub2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grub2</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Oh no, oh fuck. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/grub2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grub2</a>

Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Is there some simpler way to modify <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/grub2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grub2</a> so it takes the disk encryption keys from a USB stick during boot? I did it once on Arch, it was a pain to get the syntax right. Got an <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSuse</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MicroOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroOS</a> now with encrypted disk that's supposed to boot without screen attached, taking the luks2 keys from a USB stick that gets removed after boot finished. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a>

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