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Critical Firmware Backdoor in Gigabyte Systems Exposes ~7 Million Devices

The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers have found "backdoor-like behavior" within Gigabyte systems, which they say enables the UEFI firmware of the devices to drop a Windows executable and retrieve updates in an unsecure format. Firmware security firm Eclypsium said it first detected the anomaly in April 2023.

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Gigabyte firmware component can be abused as a backdoor

CSO Magazine

Researchers warn that the UEFI firmware in many motherboards made by PC hardware manufacturer Gigabyte injects executable code inside the Windows kernel in an unsafe way that can be abused by attackers to compromise systems. Sophisticated APT groups are abusing similar implementations in the wild.

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HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware update

Bleeping Computer

HP is working to address a bad firmware update that has been bricking HP Office Jet printers worldwide since it was released earlier this month. [.]

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Surprise! Coldplay lyrics hidden in Kingston SSD firmware

Bleeping Computer

What has firmware got to do with pop rock, you ask? That's the question that crossed a security researcher's mind as he analyzed Kingston's firmware and stumbled upon the lyrics of a popular Coldplay song buried deep within it. [.]

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Attack campaign on edge appliance: undetected since 2021 and resists firmware update

Tech Republic Security

A possible Chinese attack campaign on compromised unpatched SonicWall SMA edge devices stayed undetected since 2021 and could persist even through firmware updates. The post Attack campaign on edge appliance: undetected since 2021 and resists firmware update appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Kingston's SSD firmware has Coldplay lyrics hidden within it

Bleeping Computer

What has firmware got to do with pop rock, you ask? That's the question that crossed a security researcher's mind as he analyzed Kingston's firmware and stumbled upon the lyrics of a popular Coldplay song buried deep within it. [.]

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Security Vulnerabilities in Android Firmware

Schneier on Security

Researchers have discovered and revealed 146 vulnerabilities in various incarnations of Android smartphone firmware. And since they're firmware bugs, in many cases there is no ability to patch them. The vulnerabilities were found by scanning the phones of 29 different Android makers, and each is unique to a particular phone or maker.

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