firmware update

phishing attack

Attackers Host Phishing Pages on Azure

| | Azure Blob Storage, Cisco WebEx, firmware update, Microsoft Azure, office 365, Phishing, Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution, small business router
Researchers have recently seen phishing attacks against Office 365 users wherein fake log-in pages were hosted on Microsoft Azure to give them more credibility. According to researchers from security firm EdgeWave, the ...
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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, ...
HP Patches High-Risk Vulnerability in Business Printers

HP Patches High-Risk Vulnerability in Business Printers

| | arbitrary code execution, CVE-2017-2750, Data leak, firmware security, firmware update, GitHub repository, hard-coded credentials, HP, printer, printer security, signature validation, Uber, vulnerability
HP released security firmware updates this week for dozens of printers, including enterprise models, to fix a high-risk vulnerability that could allow attackers to compromise the devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-2750, ...
Intel Releases Microcode Spectre Patches

Intel Warns of Serious Processor Flaws

| | CPU flaw, firmware update, Intel, Intel Management Engine, Intel Server Platform Services, Intel Trusted Execution Engine, Privilege Escalation, Remote Management, rootkit, Vulnerabilities
Intel has released firmware updates for many of its processors to fix eight high-risk flaws that can put systems at risk of complete compromise. The flaws are located in low-level technologies found ...
cyber attacks

Not All Macs Get Firmware Security Fixes, Researchers Find

| | Apple, command injection, cross-site scripting, EFI, Extensible Firmware Interface, firmware update, firmware vulnerability, iMac, Mac update, Macbook, macos, Malware, Netgear, OS X, Privilege Escalation, ReadyNAS, Remote Code Execution, router security, Thunderstrike
An investigation by researchers from Duo Security revealed that Apple does not consistently release security patches for known vulnerabilities in the low-level firmware code of its Mac computers. When it does, the patches ...