Windows 11 is refreshing Secure Boot keys in 2026. Here's why TPM-WMI Event ID 1801 appears, and how to verify the new certificate.

Refreshing new certificates represents one of the largest coordinated security maintenance efforts across the Windows ecosystem,' Microsoft explains.

Your PC's critical security certificates may be about to expire - how to check ...

Microsoft has recently begun replacing expiring Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 systems running 24H2 and 25H2 ...

Microsoft is reminding users that the Secure Boot ecosystem will soon require a mandatory check-up. The Redmond-backed security protocol, part of the UEFI specification and primarily ...

Microsoft is updating the digital certificates powering Windows’ Secure Boot software verification feature, an ambitious effort to maintain the security of more than 1 billion devices worldwide.

Microsoft this week offered guidance to address a Secure Boot vulnerability in Windows and Linux systems, but it'll likely be a long-term project for IT pros. The issue was identified by Microsoft in ...

Fortnite is making Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, and IOMMU settings mandatory for PC players soon, as a new level of anticheat.

TL;DR: Steam's latest beta adds native detection for Secure Boot and TPM 2.0, helping gamers verify if their PCs meet new hardware security requirements for modern AAA games like Battlefield 6 and ...

Microsoft has made Windows 11 available for all users. Windows 10 users can upgrade their computers to Windows 11 for free, provided their computers meet the hardware requirements. One of these ...

The Secure Boot security mechanism of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) can be bypassed on around half of computers that have the feature enabled in order to install bootkits, according ...

Why it matters: Secure Boot is a technology designed to protect the PC boot chain and avoid running a tampered operating system. A firmware update released by MSI, however, changed the feature ...