Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Acer has patched a serious flaw with the firmware on certain of their Notebook computer that left the trusted Secure Boot, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) security features vulnerable to deactivation. Acer fixes UEFI bugs that can be used to disable Secure Boot (bleepingcomputer.com) …
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 …
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) …
Here is Bleeping Computer’s article looking at the Moobot botnet that is attacking vulnerable D-Link hardware: Moobot botnet is coming for your unpatched D-Link router (bleepingcomputer.com) Updates to fix this issue have been released by D-Link, just get them done.
In a week where I can quote Stan Lee, in the context of cyber security, here is one of the weirdest technology stories we have featured in our “Because It’s Friday” segment. Janet Jackson music video given CVE for crashing laptops • The Register The threat has a CVE listing …
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