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Lenovo Says Linux Is Not Blocked on Its Windows 10 PCs
As we reported earlier today, Microsoft and Lenovo have both been accused on blocking the installation of Linux on devices labeled as “Signature Edition PCs” which are supposed to ship with a completely clean version of Windows 10. And whi…
And while Microsoft has remained tight-lipped for the time being, Lenovo was quick to reject these claims, explaining in a statement that it doesn’t block Linux on its Windows 10 PCs and there’s no deal with Microsoft in order to do this.
Linux would be supported with updated kernel and drivers
Here’s the full statement from Lenovo in which the company explains that it’s committed to supporting Linux on Windows 10 devices and all it takes is updated kernel and drivers to run the OS:
“To improve system performance, Lenovo is leading an industry trend of adopting RAID on the SSDs in certain product co...
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title: Detect Exploitation - Lenovo Says Linux Is Not Blocked on Its Windows 10 PCs
id: 4b286c7c-6d51-4ef9-8039-ab8d348eef35
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
- https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-27
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: any
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'exploit'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
- attack.initial_accessrule CTI_Threat_Indicator {
meta:
author = "iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine"
date = "2026-09-27"
description = "YARA Signature for "
strings:
$str = "Lenovo Says Linux Is Not Block" ascii wide
condition:
any of them
}index=security sourcetype IN ("cisco:asa", "pan:traffic", "zeek_conn", "suricata", "WinEventLog:Security")
("Lenovo Says Linux Is Not Blocked on Its ")
| stats count earliest(_time) as first_seen latest(_time) as last_seen by src_ip, dest_ip, dest_host, signature
| eval first_seen=strftime(first_seen, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), last_seen=strftime(last_seen, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
| sort - countmessage: "*Lenovo Says Linux Is Not Blocked on Its *"CommonSecurityLog
| where Message has "Lenovo Says Linux Is Not Blocked on Its "
| summarize EventCount = count(), FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated) by SourceIP, DestinationIP, DestinationPort, Activity
| extend DetectionRule = "iShareStuff-CTI-Compiled"
| sort by EventCount desc2. Cyber Threat Intelligence & Forensik
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