Security News

Intel NUC Firmware Open to Privilege Escalation, DoS and Information Disclosure
2019-06-12 13:25

Intel has patched seven high-severity vulnerabilities in its mini PC NUC kit firmware.

Cisco Starts Patching Firmware Bug; Millions of Devices Still Vulnerable
2019-05-21 16:01

A flaw in the Secure Boot trusted hardware root-of-trust affects enterprise, military and government network gear, including routers, switches and firewalls.

CrowdStrike Endpoint Security Platform Now Detects Firmware Attacks
2019-05-03 15:09

CrowdStrike announced this week that its Falcon endpoint security platform now includes new capabilities for detecting firmware attacks and auditing security-related settings in the BIOS. read more

CrowdStrike Falcon provides continuous monitoring for firmware attacks
2019-05-03 02:40

CrowdStrike, a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, announced CrowdStrike Falcon is breaking new ground in providing continuous monitoring that extends to the firmware level. Modern...

AdaCore enhances security-critical firmware with NVIDIA
2019-02-07 01:30

AdaCore, a trusted provider of software development and verification tools, today announced it is working with NVIDIA to implement Ada and SPARK programming languages for select security-critical...

Bug in widespread Wi-Fi chipset firmware can lead to zero-click code execution
2019-01-21 12:49

A vulnerability in the firmware of a Wi-Fi chipset that is widely used in laptops, streaming, gaming and a variety of “smart” devices can be exploited to compromise them without user interaction....

Sharp introduces multifunction printers that include firmware attack prevention
2018-12-14 14:38

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), introduced a new line of Advanced and Essentials Series color document systems for the...

Firmware Security Firm Eclypsium Raises $8.75 Million
2018-12-04 14:25

Eclypsium, a Portland, OR-based company that specializes in firmware security, on Tuesday announced that it raised $8.75 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. read more

Helping researchers with IoT firmware vulnerability discovery
2018-11-19 07:20

John Toterhi, a security researcher with IoT security company Finite State, believes that many of the security problems plaguing IoT devices are solvable problems through transparency....

​4 best practices to combat new IoT security threats at the firmware level
2018-11-12 22:32

Firmware may be the next frontier for IoT hacks. See below how the healthcare industry addresses these threats.