Lenovo Caught Using Rootkit to Secretly Install Unremovable Software

Two years ago Chinese firm Lenovo got banned from supplying equipment for networks of the intelligence and defense services various countries due to hacking and spying concerns. Earlier this year, Lenovo was caught red-handed for selling laptops pre-installed with Superfish malware. One of the mo...

Lenovo Service Engine (LSE) BIOS Vulnerability

Certain Lenovo personal computers contain a vulnerability in LSE a Lenovo BIOS feature. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Lenovo Security Advisories for notebooks and desktops...

BIOS vulnerability DELL and Apple systems-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Since the BIOS from sleep mode after Wake-Up due to failure to correctly set write-protected, the attacker may be brush malicious BIOS image, the vulnerability number CVE-2 0 1 5-2 8 9 0, the impact of a large number of DELL systems. Vulnerability details According to the researchers Cornwell,...

CERT found that most of the BIOS there is a security vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Carnegie Mellon University's computer Emergency Response Team-CERT today released in most of the BIOS Firmware vulnerability exists in the security Bulletin, the hacker can exploit the vulnerability to re-refresh the motherboard BIOS. In the X86 computer device to deploy a series of security...

CVE-2015-2890

The BIOS implementation on Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision Mobile Workstation, and Precision Workstation Client Solutions CS devices with model-dependent firmware before A21 does not enforce a BIOSCNTL locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduc...

Code injection

The BIOS implementation on Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision Mobile Workstation, and Precision Workstation Client Solutions CS devices with model-dependent firmware before A21 does not enforce a BIOSCNTL locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduc...

CVE-2015-2890

The BIOS implementation on Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision Mobile Workstation, and Precision Workstation Client Solutions CS devices with model-dependent firmware before A21 does not enforce a BIOSCNTL locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduc...

CVE-2015-2890

CVE-2015-2890 affects Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision Mobile Workstation and Precision Workstation CS devices with model-dependent firmware before A21. The root cause is failure to enforce BIOS_CNTL locking protection when resuming from sleep, allowing a local attacker with console access to p...

BIOS implementations fail to properly set UEFI write protections after waking from sleep mode

Overview Multiple BIOS implementations fail to properly set write protections after waking from sleep, leading to the possibility of an arbitrary BIOS image reflash. Description According to Cornwell, Butterworth, Kovah, and Kallenberg, who reported the issue affecting certain Dell client systems...

Hacking Team Spyware preloaded with UEFI BIOS Rootkit to Hide Itself

Last Week someone just hacked the infamous Hacking Team, The Italy-based cyber weapons manufacturer and leaked a huge trove of 400GB internal data, including: Emails Hacking tools Zero-day exploits Surveillance tools Source code for Spyware A spreadsheet listing every government client with date ...

Mac computer and then the explosion of security vulnerabilities hackers can obtain device control-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Mac PC re-proof security vulnerabilities hackers can obtain device control Foreign a security researcher recently found a can control the portion of the running OS X system Mac devices for security vulnerabilities. It is reported that the vulnerability allows hackers to remotely re-write the Ma...

Apple Mac OSX Zero-Day Bug Allows Hackers to Install RootKit Malware

A zero-day software vulnerability discovered deep in the firmware of many Apple computers could allows an attacker to modify the system’s BIOS and install a rootkit, potentially gaining complete control of the victim’s Mac. The critical vulnerability, discovered by well-known OS X security...

Firmware Bug in OSX Could Allow Installation of Low-Level Rootkits

There is a vulnerability buried deep in the firmware of many Apple laptops that could allow an attacker to overwrite the machine’s BIOS and install a rootkit, gaining complete control of the Mac. The vulnerability lies in the UEFI system on some older MacBooks, and researcher Pedro Vilaca...

Multiple vulnerabilities in multiple Lenovo ThinkServer product servers

Lenovo ThinkServer RD350, RD450, RD550, RD650 and TD350 are rackmount server products from Lenovo, China. A weak encryption storage user and administrator BIOS password vulnerability exists in multiple Lenovo ThinkServer product servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crack the...

CVE-2015-3322

Lenovo ThinkServer RD350, RD450, RD550, RD650, and TD350 servers before 1.26.0 use weak encryption to store 1 user and 2 administrator BIOS passwords, which allows attackers to decrypt the passwords via unspecified vectors...

Design/Logic Flaw

Lenovo ThinkServer RD350, RD450, RD550, RD650, and TD350 servers before 1.26.0 use weak encryption to store 1 user and 2 administrator BIOS passwords, which allows attackers to decrypt the passwords via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2015-3322

Lenovo ThinkServer RD350/RD450/RD550/RD650/TD350—before BIOS firmware 1.26.0, BIOS passwords (user and admin) are stored with a legacy, weak encryption. This could allow an attacker to decrypt passwords via unspecified vectors. Affected models require upgrading to BIOS firmware version 1.26.0 (or...

CVE-2015-3322

Lenovo ThinkServer RD350, RD450, RD550, RD650, and TD350 servers before 1.26.0 use weak encryption to store 1 user and 2 administrator BIOS passwords, which allows attackers to decrypt the passwords via unspecified vectors...

Enhanced Protection of UEFI Variables

Summary: New BIOS updates are available for Intel products, enhancing the hardening of certain UEFI variables against potential modification. Intel highly recommends that users install the updates to mitigate this exposure. Description: Intel has become aware that certain firmware implementations...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, a...