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Why the TPM PCRs does not consider a UEFI settings change? If someone resets CMOS, it's undetected

In my laptop I've set up a bios password when I power on the laptop, and once I enter it the laptop starts my linux distro and decrypts the disk without asking any other password. To do this I've set ...
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"Trusted memory" What does it mean?

It is often cited "to load from untrusted memory to a trusted system memory" when describing the secure boot process. I wonder, when can we consider a memory as "trusted"?
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Bypassing Secure Boot in System on Chip

To bypass a secure boot for System on Chip (SoC), some attacks target the phase of copying the bootloader from where it is stored to the main memory. Instead, a malicious code will be copied to the ...
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Why authenticated boot not Secure boot?

Context: Secure boot is one of the important elements of Trusted Computing in computer system. One variety of the Secure boot is authenticated boot. While secure boot prevent the boot of a non trusted ...
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