In studying tech supply chain, feds cite open source products, device firmware
The White House ordered Commerce and Homeland Security to examine weak spots in how the IT and communications industries produce hardware and software.
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SonicWall issues patch for firmware zero-day used to attack the company and its customers
The bug is in SMA 100 mobile networking, which aims to add a layer of security fo employees using their own devices to access corporate networks.
Microsoft’s new ‘Pluton’ security processor gets buy-in from Intel, AMD
It's an ambitious project inspired by the infamous Spectre and Meltdown flaws.
Rare case of UEFI hacking hit targets interested in North Korea, Kaspersky says
The attack appears to mark an evolution in cyber-espionage.
Gigabytes of ‘sensitive’ internal Intel documents dumped online
The company confirmed the incident is under investigation.
New bug in PC booting process could take years to fix, researchers say
Billions of devices are affected, according to Eclypsium.
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Hackable firmware lurks inside Dell, HP and Lenovo computers amid supply chain security efforts
"Unsigned" firmware continues to haunt the hardware industry.
Why direct-memory attacks on laptops just won’t go away
The access to a computer the attack enables — executing code before the computer is even booted up — is insidious.
Why one researcher mimicked Russian hackers in breaking into a European utility
Jason Larsen was tired of hearing how skilled Sandworm was, so he used one of their techniques to improve a client's security.
Intel pushes for hardware-specific additions to vulnerability taxonomy
A new proposal is an outgrowth of the Spectre and Meltdown revelations from January 2018.