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Intel Security Fix Causing Reboot Issues on Haswell/Broadwell
Intel processors are the most hard hit with the the recent Meltdown and Spectre flaw revelations. Now it appears that the security firmware update designed to address the flaw is causing some issues for others. Specifically, those with Broadwell or Haswell CPUs experiencing reboot problems. This affects not just those…
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AMD Responds to Microsoft Spectre Patch’s ‘Unbootable’ Issue
Microsoft is halting the release of their security patch KB4056892 released over the weekend. The security patch addresses security concerns regarding GPZ Variant 1 (a Spectre variant). This is due to to the patch causing an unintended side effect on older AMD systems. Specifically, it renders these systems unbootable after…
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Switch Joy-Con Connectivity Issue Is Due to Bad Design
There already were rumours before the Nintendo Switch launched, that the left Joy-Con was having connection issues. Pre-launch rumours like that can originate for many reasons, but the most likely scenario is that the hardware wasn’t the final version. Sadly, that wasn’t the case this time and users all around the…
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QNAP Patches Firmware Update Injection Flaw
A while ago, F-Secure Corp.’s researchers found a flaw in QNAP’s operating system that could allow a hacker to gain full administrator access to your system, but luckily it has now been patched. That means that you should check you QNAP system if it has the latest firmware installed – but…
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Intel Skylake Flaw Allows Full System Control Over USB
Intel has had quite a bit of success with their Skylake processors, and with good reason. They perform great. However, security researchers have found a new bug in some of these processors that can allow anyone to get full system control via the USB 3.0 ports. That’s a big and…
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Audit Reveals CalGang Database Contains Babies!?
We’ve all heard of the big government databases, tracking everything from our search history to the latest episode of Game of Thrones you watched illegally. Now it would seem that yet another database has come under question as an audit has found that a gang database is tracking all the…
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Millions of Android Devices Potentially at Risk Because of Qualcomm Flaw
A little while ago, a team of researchers from Checkpoint Security has uncovered a total of four vulnerabilities in Qualcomm chips, and it looks like these vulnerabilities could be serious enough to allow hackers to take control of Android devices powered by these chips. The flaws were collectively named “Quadrooter,” and…
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Lenovo ThinkPads Open To Zero-Day Firmware Exploit
When it comes to security, you like to think that your computers are at least the little bit safe from people who might want to cause you harm. We are reminded on a weekly basis that this may not be true as companies are hacked, accounts are sold online and…
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39 Android Flaws Fixed in Major Security Patch
Google’s latest patch for their Android operating system is one of the biggest security patches ever released for the OS. This monthly security update covers 39 vulnerabilities that had been found, of which 15 were of the highest rating, critical, which mean they could be used to lead to total…
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High Pressure CPU Coolers Can Damage Skylake
Intel’s latest architecture requires a new LGA 1151 socket and features an enhanced pin count. Additionally, the CPUs are built on a 14nm manufacturing process. Some of you might remember that Skylake retail samples do not ship with a stock heatsink which raised concerns about temperatures. Thankfully, Skylake is very…
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Steam Refund Flaw Used to Get Rocket League And Portal 2 For Free
The Steam controller adopts a rather unusual design and incorporates dual trackpads as well as haptic feedback. Initially, Valve sent a batch of Steam controller samples to developers and consumers who pre-ordered during the “Get It Early” scheme. The retail release in the UK is scheduled for November 10th and priced at…
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Facebook Revoked Internship for Exposing Privacy Loophole
Facebook has axed a Harvard student called Aran Khanna, who was about to start an internship after he publicly exposed a privacy flaw within Facebook Messenger. Khanna discovered each message contained data pinpointing the sender’s location and created an app allow users to track their friends’ whereabouts. Instead of keeping this private, he…
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Microsoft Hurries Out Emergency Windows Patch
Microsoft has broken their trend of releasing hotfixes on the second Tuesday of every month to release a vital “out of band” security patch. The critical flaw entitled MS15-078 is a vulnerability in the Microsoft Font Driver which allows Remote Code execution. In basic terms, this means any webpage or document…
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Adobe Flash Vulnerability Patch Released
Adobe has released a recent patch to address a critical vulnerability that could possibly allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe acknowledged that this flaw is being actively exploited in the wild via limited targeted attacks, the known affected systems are those using internet explorer for…
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This Is Why New Software Comes With Old Flaws
You are probably wondering why we hear that legacy flaws are still present in new software. Well, the answer is simple. Developers have a habit of reusing old code for most of their projects and the code is not reviewed for all potential flaws, but rather the approach tends to…
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