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Unsigned Firmware running on peripherals could expose Windows, Linux systems to hack

Security Affairs

Peripheral devices with unsigned firmware can expose Windows and Linux machines to hack, warn experts from firmware security firm Eclypsium. An attacker could exploit the lack of checks to execute malicious firmware and perform malicious actions on both Windows and Linux systems, such as the installation of persistent backdoors.

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Security of Solid-State-Drive Encryption

Schneier on Security

Interesting research: " Self-encrypting deception: weaknesses in the encryption of solid state drives (SSDs) ": Abstract: We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware. EDITED TO ADD: The NSA is known to attack firmware of SSDs.

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QNAP urges users to update NAS firmware and app to prevent infections

Security Affairs

While the AgeLocker ransomware continues to target QNAP NAS systems, the Taiwanese vendor urges customers to update the firmware and apps. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is urging its customers to update the firmware and apps installed on their network-attached storage (NAS) devices to prevent AgeLocker ransomware infections.

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Intel addresses High-Severity flaws in NUC Firmware and other tools

Security Affairs

Intel released security updates to address high-severity vulnerabilities in NUC firmware, the Processor Identification Utility, and the Computing Improvement Program. Intel Patch Tuesday for August 2019 addressed high-severity vulnerabilities in NUC firmware, Processor Identification Utility, and Computing Improvement Program.

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Flaws in firmware expose almost any modern PC to Cold Boot Attacks

Security Affairs

New Firmware Flaws Resurrect Cold Boot Attacks. A team of security researchers demonstrated that the firmware running on nearly all modern computers is vulnerable to cold boot attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. concludes the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Critical Blink Router Flaws (CVSS 9.8) Allow Remote Root Code Execution via Unauthenticated Attacks

Penetration Testing

The flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-45984 through CVE-2025-45988, affect a wide range of firmware versions used in both consumer and enterprise-grade networking equipment. Shared Affected Codebase: Each flaw targets the same goahead binary and associated shared object, amplifying the impact across models and firmware versions.

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WAGO Device Manager Vulnerabilities Expose Critical Industrial Infrastructure to Remote Exploits

Penetration Testing

The WAGO Device Manager is a configuration tool embedded in the firmware of WAGO’s industrial control systems (ICS). The flaws, coordinated by CERT@VDE, are tracked as CVE-2025-25264 and CVE-2025-25265, and have been assigned CVSS scores of 8.8 respectively. Support independent cybersecurity journalism.