It is used in many Linux and embedded systemsBoot loader·Grub 2I found a vulnerability that can effectively hijack a computer. This vulnerability was reported by Mr. Hector Marco of the Valencia ...

Operating system maintainers, computer manufacturers, security and virtualization software vendors have worked together over the past few months to coordinate a unified response to a vulnerability ...

Although Linux is a very secure operating system, there are steps you can take to make it even more one. One simple step is password protecting the GRUB bootloader. Jack Wallen shows you h If you can ...

I gave Ubuntu 7.10 AMD64 a fair try on my workstation mainly as a curiosity, and while it was somewhat usable (and Compiz Fusion was very nice and relatively bug-free) there were too many issues for ...

Researchers at security firm Eclypsium have discovered a means whereby malicious code can be inserted during the boot-up process on a device running Linux, due to a flaw in the bootloader used: the ...

When Ubuntu changed to Grub 2 a couple of releases ago, it became significantly more difficult to set up multi-boot Linux systems. Most if not all Ubuntu derivatives are also using Grub2, and now the ...

The modular Grand Unified Bootloader in version 2.x is still the boot method used by the installers of most Linux systems. Support for a number of file systems, EFI, secure boot and multiboot make ...