security flaw

Cyber-Security Firm Discovers Firmware Backdoor in Many Gigabyte Motherboards

Cyber-Security firm, Eclypsium has revealed today that they have discovered a hidden security backdoor in the firmware of GIGABYTE motherboards.…

1 year ago

Intel Has a New Major CPU Security Flaw (But It Probably Doesn’t Affect You!)

Intel doesn't have a particularly good history in recent years when it comes to security flaws being discovered within their…

2 years ago

Major Windows Security Flaw Discovered Within 7-ZIP Compression Software

I daresay that many of you reading this probably have some kind of compression software installed on your PC or…

3 years ago

Google Warns Windows 7 Chrome Users To Update Immediately!

Google Warns Of "Serious" Windows 7 Bug Despite Microsoft's best efforts, there is still a remarkably high number of people…

6 years ago

Intel Gives Up On Making Some Spectre Microcode Fixes

Intel Gives Up On Spectre Microcode For Older CPUs At the start of the year, Intel got caught unprepared when Spectre and Meltdown were revealed.…

7 years ago

Intel Shows Full List of CPUs Affected by Spectre & Meltdown

The Intel fix can cause some problems. You don't mess with security flaws, which is why Intel has been working…

7 years ago

Qualcomm Security Flaw Letting Others Read Your Messages

When it comes to privacy we all like the idea that we can keep some secrets to ourselves. If you…

9 years ago

Google Researcher Publishes Unpatched Windows 8.1 Security Vulnerability

Usually, found security exploits are reported before publicised and so was MSRC-20544 exploit for Windows 8.1. But 90 days after the…

10 years ago

Mobile Network Vulnerability Means Hackers Could Listen in to Calls

A vulnerability in mobile networks has been discovered that allows hackers to monitor phone calls and track user locations. The…

10 years ago

Samsung Smart Phones Have Security Flaw in Security Function

Modern smartphones have advanced security features in one form or another, and it is no different with Samsung's smartphones. Samsung…

10 years ago

BadUSB Security Flaw and What It Means

You might have heard the term BadUSB in the news sometime during the last couple of months, but it's still…

10 years ago

Bug in Bash Shell Creates Major Security Hole for Linux Users

A major security bug has been discovered in the GNU Borne Again Shell (Bash) - a  command-line shell that's used across…

10 years ago