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Dell Sky Global BGP hijacking

Dell BIOSConnect Flaws Show Over-the-Air Risks

| | BIOS update, certificate authorities, Dell, over-the-air attack, Privilege Escalation
Because tech vendors have turned to over-the-air updates – the idea is to not give their customers any excuses for not keeping firmware current – Eclypsium’s discovery of a chain of four ...
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SSD drive data drivers

Screwed Drivers: Windows Third-Party Device Code is Huge Mess

| | BIOS update, Cybersecurity, Drivers Update, firmware, Information Security, Malware, SB Blogwatch, security, Security News, UEFI, Windows
Many Windows drivers permit malware to access anything, subverting controls that separate user space from the kernel ...
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Intel Investigating Reboots Caused by CPU Firmware Patches

| | BIOS update, CPU microcode, firmware patch, Intel, Spectre, system instability, system reboot, UEFI, vulnerability
The CPU crisis continues. After Windows and Ubuntu patches for the Meltdown and Spectre flaws caused problems for some users, Intel is now investigating reports that its CPU firmware updates are triggering ...
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team, enterprise, remediation response crisis

Dangerous Intel Chip Flaw Patches Becoming Available

| | BIOS update, firmware update, Intel Management Engine, Intel ME, patch, Remote Code Execution, samba, SMBv1, vulnerability
Some computer manufacturers have started releasing patches for eight serious vulnerabilities in Intel processors or they have outlined firmware update plans for vulnerable models. Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Lenovo, ...