I have highlighted the firmware issues with Lenovo laptops several times – as we all depend on the integrity of our computers and if one manufacturer falls behind, then you should know about it: Do you have a Lenovo laptop? If so then this post is for you. – Smart …
If you have an HP computer, you had better read this article – and then take action
Read the article from Bleeping Computers or just jump to HPs page to see if your organisation is using one of the affected devices – but if you know you have an HO computer do something… Firmware bugs in many HP computer models left unfixed for over a year (bleepingcomputer.com) …
Long term firmware compromise
This is an article looking at the invisible threat in our hardware – UEFI rootkit attacks. Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us | Ars Technica
Three Zero Day vulnerabilities in APC UPS units
Check yours now if you have an APC UPS (uninterruptible power supply). TLStorm exploits expose more than 20 million UPS units to takeover. Was yours one of them? | TechRepublic Here is an example of a peripheral part of your computer systems being vulnerable to attack and from there hackers …
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