Month: January 2018

ComputerWorldIndependent

Intel says new firmware patches trigger reboots in Haswell and Broadwell systems

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:18:00 -0800

The headlong race to cover the Meltdown/Spectre debacle has claimed another victim. In a surprising move, Intel has raised a red flag about some of its firmware patches. What should you do? Wait.

Yesterday, Intel executive VP Navin Shenoy posted on the company blog:

We have received reports from a few customers of higher system reboots after applying firmware updates. Specifically, these systems are running Intel Broadwell and Haswell CPUs for both client and data center. We are working quickly with these customers to understand, diagnose and address this reboot issue. If this requires a revised firmware update from Intel, we will distribute that update through the normal channels.

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WPA3 will secure Wi-Fi connections in four significant ways in 2018

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:30:00 +0000

At CES this week, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced WPA3, the newest security protocol for Wi-Fi devices. WPA3 includes four new security capabilities and is the most significant upgrade to Wi-Fi security since 2004.

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Alleged creator of Fruitfly indicted for 13 years of spying

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:43:44 +0000

A 28-year-old Ohio programmer is charged with creating the Fruitfly malware to spy on thousands of unsuspecting victims and produce child pornography.

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