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HP fixes severe bug in pre-installed Support Assistant tool

HP issued a security advisory alerting users about a newly discovered vulnerability in HP Support Assistant, a software tool that comes pre-installed on all HP laptops and desktop computers, including the Omen sub-brand. […]

10 Jun

New PACMAN hardware attack targets Macs with Apple M1 CPUs

A new hardware attack targeting Pointer Authentication in Apple M1 CPUs with speculative execution enables attackers to gain arbitrary code execution on Mac systems. […]

15 Apr

Cisco vulnerability lets hackers craft their own login credentials

Cisco has released a security advisory to warn about a critical vulnerability (CVSS v3 score: 10.0), tracked as CVE-2022-20695, impacting the Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) software. […]

24 Mar

Western Digital My Cloud OS update fixes critical vulnerability

Western Digital has released new My Cloud OS firmware to fix a vulnerability exploited by bug hunters during the Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition to achieve remote code execution. […]

28 Jan

QNAP force-installs update after DeadBolt ransomware hits 3,600 devices

QNAP force-updated customer’s Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices with firmware containing the latest security updates to protect against the DeadBolt ransomware, which has already encrypted over 3,600 devices. […]

02 Dec

Nine WiFi routers used by millions were vulnerable to 226 flaws

Security researchers analyzed nine popular WiFi routers and found a total of 226 potential vulnerabilities in them, even when running the latest firmware. […]

15 Nov

New Rowhammer technique bypasses existing DDR4 memory defenses

Researchers have developed a new fuzzing-based technique called ‘Blacksmith’ that revives Rowhammer vulnerability attacks against modern DRAM devices that bypasses existing mitigations. […]

15 Nov

High severity BIOS flaws affect numerous Intel processors

Intel has released an advisory to confirm the existence of two high-severity vulnerabilities that affect a wide range of Intel processor families. […]

06 Nov

Samsung sued for flawed Chromebook hinges cracking displays

Samsung is being sued for selling the Samsung Chromebook Plus 2-in-1 even though they allegedly knew for years of a defect that caused displays to break. […]

16 Oct

Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink

Canon USA is being sued for not allowing owners of certain printers to use the scanner of faxing functions if they run out of ink. […]

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