Elderly routers that can no longer receive firmware updates posed security risk to millions of people, consumer group Which? warns
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Intel Ships Revised Spectre Patches
Chip giant rolls out revised Spectre patches, after initial fix proved worse than the bug it was supposed to repair
US Government Warns Businesses Over Intel Management Engine Flaw
Business PCs from Dell, Lenovo, HP and others contain flawed software that shipped with Intel processors
Firmware Flaw Leaves Netgear Routers Vulnerable To Hacker Takover
Hackers can exploit a command injection flaw to execute malicious code on Netgear routers
Firmware Flaw Affects Lenovo ThinkPads, Other PC Makers’ Hardware
ANALYSIS: New zero-day vulnerability may also affect computers from other makers that used similar Intel UEFI reference code to create their BIOS firmware
Satellite Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Could Be Used To Hack Aircraft Says Researcher
Flaws in SATCOM firmware could compromise security of planes and ships, warns Ruben Santamarta, who will show his findings at Black Hat USA
Bristol’s XMOS Joins EU Project For Efficient Chips
The European ENTRA project will build energy awareness into the chip design stage, to make gadgets more efficient
Microsoft Blames Firmware Update For Cloud Failure
A firmware update caused a data centre temperature spike, that in turn nixed access to Hotmail and Outlook.com
HP Dismisses Malicious Printer Hijack Hack
Firmware print job redirection hack publicly demonstrated by a Columbia University team disputed by HP