Dell is adding BIOS protection to its suite of security protections. One solution handles advanced authentication, encryption, and malware detection along with BIOS verification Intel and PC makers ...

There’s a growing threat of attacks on computer basic input/output system (BIOS) firmware, and to deter it, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is putting in place new security ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Cybersecurity has been issue No. 1 for government IT leaders for years now, but it’s become an especially urgent need this year as attacks have crippled Baltimore, prompted cities in ...

Memo to manufacturers: Improve the security of the BIOS ROM chip flashware running on PCs and servers. That's the gist of a recently released draft report from the National Institute of Standards and ...

Updating your motherboard BIOS isn’t something most people think about–and given the risks of a failed update, it’s easy to see why many people avoid it. If it fails, the motherboard gets “bricked,” ...

Everyone is familiar with the process of booting up a computer. Many of us do this every day – pressing the power button, hearing the startup sound, and seeing the home screen appear. But even some ...

Dell announced today a new security tool built to protect commercial PCs from BIOS attacks. The goal is to help secure endpoints as many employees are working from home due to COVID-19 fears. Dell ...

Intel has disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities that affect a wide range of Intel processor families, allowing threat actors and malware to gain higher privilege levels on the device. The flaws ...

Tech experts and Microsoft are warning PC users to update their BIOS before the April 14, 2026 Windows 11 security update, which includes critical Secure Boot certificate changes ahead of a June ...

A few years ago, PC firmware switched from the aging BIOS system to the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface standard, more commonly known as UEFI. This system is more secure than the legacy BIOS was ...

Everyone is familiar with the process of booting up a computer. Many of us do this every day – pressing the power button, hearing the startup sound, and seeing the home screen appear. But even some ...