PC maker Lenovo has addressed yet another set of three shortcomings in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware affecting several Yoga, IdeaPad, and ThinkBook devices. "The vulnerabilities allow disabling UEFI Secure Boot or restoring factory default Secure Boot databases (incl. dbx): all simply from an OS," Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET explained in a series … [Read more...] about New UEFI Firmware Flaws Reported in Several Lenovo Notebook Models
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New Lenovo UEFI Firmware Vulnerabilities Affect Millions of Laptops
Three high-impact Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) security vulnerabilities have been discovered impacting various Lenovo consumer laptop models, enabling malicious actors to deploy and execute firmware implants on the affected devices. Tracked as CVE-2021-3970, CVE-2021-3971, and CVE-2021-3972, the latter two "affect firmware drivers originally meant to be used … [Read more...] about New Lenovo UEFI Firmware Vulnerabilities Affect Millions of Laptops
Apple’s Third Quarter PC Market Share Declines Year-Over-Year
A Gartner report comparing PC market share reveals that Apple saw -2.3% growth from 3Q12 to 3Q13 in the United States. Worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.3 million units in the third quarter of 2013, an 8.6 percent decline from the same period last year, according to Gartner. This is the sixth consecutive quarter of declining worldwide shipments. … [Read more...] about Apple’s Third Quarter PC Market Share Declines Year-Over-Year