UEFI updates and potential issues

[40hz]

A video on secure boot UEFI updates and potential problems for some systems that is probably worth being aware of if you’re a Windows 10 or Linux user or still running or supporting older hardware like I often am:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AwzaZmRNsI

[Stoic Joker]

I've been watching this one and cringing... Basically, from what I've read, anything pre TPM - Windows Server 2019 and older - is getting kicked to the curb. And at a time where hardware costs are spiraling out of sight. Basic SMB server with a Xeon CPU, and a (proper) hardware RAID5 array? $5,000.00+ ... WTAF?!? Folks can't do that right now.

But we have cloud, AI, and just trust me (shared responsibility model...) rampant in the industry these days ... I can't retire fast enough. I see things happening, I know it's bad/Fad-tech, but nobody wants to listen.

Yeah boss, I know the brochure is cool as hell, and their CI/CD policy pushes updates close to weekly ... But their security is total shit, because their (SSO/MFA has been coming soon for almost 2 years now) backend systems are over 8 months out of date...(i wish i was kidding)...and I just - piggyback - hacked into their systems (because I thought it would be fun...), and I'm not that good at hacking FFS!

[Deozaan]

I'm not sure I understand what this means for me. My PC is about 15 years old, when UEFI was new. It seems to use a hybrid BIOS/UEFI thingy. Maybe mine is so old it's not an issue for me? I'm not sure it supports secure boot. Or maybe I disabled it years ago and forgot about it? I don't see anything about Secure Boot in the Windows security settings like what is shown in the video.