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 is pushing a large batch of new features to Windows 11 users through its February 2026 Patch Tuesday releases, folding in AI-powered experiences, expanded language support, and security ...

Microsoft's February Patch fixes 6 zero-days - but some Windows users shouldn't update yet ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...