Security News

Ex-ASML, NXP staffer accused of stealing chip secrets, peddling them to Moscow
2025-04-04 06:36

We're not Putin up with this alleged industrial espionage, say the Dutch A Russian national appeared in a Netherlands court on Thursday accused of industrial espionage against ASML, the world’s...

Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
2025-03-08 16:12

The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains undocumented commands that could be leveraged for attacks. [...]

Undocumented backdoor found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
2025-03-08 16:12

The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains an undocumented backdoor that could be leveraged for attacks. [...]

Qualcomm pledges 8 years of security updates for Android kit using its chips (YMMV)
2025-02-26 18:57

Starting with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 'droid 15 It seems manufacturers are finally getting the message that people want to use their kit for longer without security issues, as Qualcomm has said...

New SLAP & FLOP Attacks Expose Apple M-Series Chips to Speculative Execution Exploits
2025-01-29 10:49

A team of security researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Ruhr University Bochum has demonstrated two new side-channel attacks targeting Apple silicon that could be exploited to leak...

US Chip Export Rule Proposes Limits to Thwart Chinese GPUs
2025-01-13 21:32

The Biden administration states the rule will prevent U.S. chips from passing to China through countries loosely allied or not politically allied with the U.S.

China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws
2024-10-16 18:30

Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain't so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling...

New NGate Android malware uses NFC chip to steal credit card data
2024-08-22 17:02

A new Android malware named NGate can steal money from payment cards by relaying to an attacker's device the data read by the near-field communication (NFC) chip. [...]

Raptor Lake microcode limits Intel chips to a mere 1.55 volts to prevent CPU destruction
2024-08-09 19:16

Intel has divulged more details on its Raptor Lake family of 13th and 14th Gen Core processor failures and the 0x129 microcode that's supposed to prevent further damage from occurring. The chipmaker previously disclosed that the so-called instability issue plaguing many Raptor Lake chips stems from an elevated operating voltage set by the processor itself.

Phoenix UEFI flaw puts long list of Intel chips in hot seat
2024-06-21 16:27

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