| Date / Time |
Story |
| Tuesday April 16, 2024 @07:37PM |
Framework's Software and Firmware Have Been a Mess |
| Thursday December 07, 2023 @10:32PM |
Nikon Makes Special Firmware For NASA To Block Galactic Cosmic Rays In Photos |
| Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:47PM |
Rivian Software Update Bricks Infotainment System, Fix Not Obvious |
| Friday November 03, 2023 @06:44PM |
Microsoft Commits To 6 Years of Firmware Updates For New and Some Older Surface PCs |
| Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:58PM |
Backdoored Firmware Lets China State Hackers Control Routers With 'Magic Packets' |
| Thursday July 20, 2023 @05:19PM |
Firmware Vulnerabilities In Millions of Computers Could Give Hackers Superuser Status |
| Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:53AM |
SanDisk Extreme SSDs Keep Abruptly Failing |
| Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:04PM |
Malware Turns Home Routers Into Proxies For Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers |
| Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:14PM |
HP Outrages Printer Users With Firmware Update Suddenly Bricking Third-Party Ink |
| Sunday October 02, 2022 @12:50PM |
Debian Chooses Reasonable, Common Sense Solution To Dealing With Non-Free Firmware |
| Wednesday September 22, 2021 @05:57PM |
'We Need Software Updates Forever' |
| Thursday April 15, 2021 @04:27PM |
The Looming Software Kill-Switch Lurking In Aging PlayStation Hardware |
| Tuesday June 23, 2020 @06:38PM |
Microsoft Is Adding Linux, Android, and Firmware Protections To Windows |
| Tuesday February 18, 2020 @10:33AM |
Five Years After the Equation Group HDD Hacks, Firmware Security Still Sucks |
| Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:39PM |
Notorious Crime Gang Targets Internet Routers Using Tomato Firmware |
| Friday August 16, 2019 @04:50PM |
Huge Survey of Firmware Finds No Security Gains In 15 Years |
| Friday May 10, 2019 @07:35PM |
New Intel Firmware Boot Verification Bypass Enables Low-Level Backdoors |
| Friday March 08, 2019 @03:28PM |
Hard Disks Can Be Turned Into Listening Devices, Researchers Find |
| Wednesday February 13, 2019 @08:41PM |
Your GPS Devices May Stop Working On April 6 If You Don't Or Can't Update Firmware |
| Friday January 18, 2019 @07:33PM |
Firmware Vulnerability In Popular Wi-Fi Chipset Affects Laptops, Smartphones, Routers, Gaming Devices |
| Friday December 21, 2018 @08:28PM |
Logitech Will Restore Third-Party Harmony Home Automation |
| Thursday August 16, 2018 @06:11PM |
Nintendo's Switch Has Been Hiding a Buried 'VR Mode' For Over a Year |
| Tuesday July 24, 2018 @05:21PM |
Bluetooth Security Flaw Could Let Nearby Attacker Grab Your Private Data |
| Sunday July 15, 2018 @03:15PM |
Passwords For Tens of Thousands of Dahua Devices Cached In IoT Search Engine |
| Thursday June 07, 2018 @05:27PM |
Severe Firmware Vulnerabilities Found In Popular Supermicro Server Products |
| Monday May 21, 2018 @05:40PM |
Google and Microsoft Disclose New CPU Flaw, and the Fix Can Slow Machines Down |
| Friday May 04, 2018 @04:56PM |
Abbott Addresses Life-Threatening Flaw In a Half-Million Pacemakers |
| Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:13PM |
Google Releases Fix For Chromecast Wi-Fi Crashes |
| Friday January 12, 2018 @04:01PM |
Researcher Finds Another Security Flaw In Intel Management Firmware |
| Friday January 12, 2018 @01:53AM |
AMD Is Releasing Spectre Firmware Updates To Fix CPU Vulnerabilities |
| Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:39AM |
Asus Is Turning Its Old Routers Into Mesh Wi-Fi Networks |
| Monday November 20, 2017 @05:17PM |
iMac Pro Will Have An A10 Fusion Coprocessor For 'Hey, Siri' Support and More Secure Booting, Says Report |
| Saturday November 04, 2017 @01:27AM |
Experts Propose Standard For IoT Firmware Updates |
| Monday August 21, 2017 @04:46PM |
DJI Spark Owners Must Update Firmware By September, Or Their Machines Will Be Bricked |
| Thursday August 17, 2017 @04:36PM |
Hacker Claims To Have Decrypted Apple's Secure Enclave Processor Firmware |
| Tuesday April 04, 2017 @04:27PM |
Gigabyte Firmware Bugs Allow the Installation of BIOS/UEFI Ransomware |
| Wednesday March 22, 2017 @01:35AM |
Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware |
| Friday March 10, 2017 @05:10PM |
Intel Security Releases Detection Tool For EFI Rootkits After CIA Leak |
| Tuesday October 25, 2016 @04:01PM |
The Phone Hackers At Cellebrite Have Had Their Firmware Leaked Online |
| Thursday October 13, 2016 @04:59PM |
Android Devices That Contain Foxconn Firmware May Have a Secret Backdoor |
| Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:11PM |
HP To Issue 'Optional Firmware Update' Allowing 3rd-Party Ink |
| Monday August 01, 2016 @02:55PM |
FCC Requires TP-Link To Support Open Source Router Firmware |
| Wednesday June 22, 2016 @06:47PM |
Sony Agrees To Pay Millions To Gamers To Settle PS3 Linux Debacle |
| Friday April 08, 2016 @09:10PM |
Over 135 Million Routers Vulnerable To Denial-of-service Flaw |
| Friday March 18, 2016 @12:10PM |
Amazon Is Now Sending Postcards To Remind Kindle Owners To Update Their Devices |
| Wednesday March 16, 2016 @07:48PM |
Within 6 Years, Most Vehicles Will Allow OTA Software Updates |
| Saturday March 12, 2016 @01:29PM |
TP-Link Blocks Open Source Router Firmware To Comply With FCC Rules |
| Thursday March 10, 2016 @04:09PM |
Cisco Patches Serious Flaws In Cable Modems and Home Gateways |
| Monday March 07, 2016 @05:38PM |
Hacker May Have Discovered Plans For A Tesla P100D |
| Friday March 04, 2016 @08:33PM |
BMW To Compete With Google To Build Software For Self-Driving Cars |
| Thursday March 03, 2016 @11:35PM |
Cisco Issues Patch For Nexus Switches To Remove Hardcoded Credentials |
| Thursday February 18, 2016 @10:23AM |
TP-Link Begins Lockdown of Firmware In Response To FCC |
| Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:35PM |
Trane Takes 2 Years To Remove Hard-Coded Root Passwords From IoT Thermostat |
| Monday February 08, 2016 @02:44PM |
Talos Secure Workstation Is Free-Software Centric — and $3100 [Updated] |
| Saturday January 16, 2016 @02:29AM |
Cheap Web Cams Can Open Permanent, Difficult-To-Spot Backdoors Into Networks |
| Thursday January 07, 2016 @04:58PM |
Open-Source Firmware For Your Toy Drone |
| Monday December 28, 2015 @01:01AM |
Pwnd Aethra Routers Used To Brute-Force WordPress Sites |
| Friday December 25, 2015 @06:35PM |
Pwnd Aethra Routers Used To Brute-Force WordPress Sites |
| Saturday November 21, 2015 @12:28AM |
600,000 Arris Cable Modems Have 'Backdoors In Backdoors,' Researcher Claims |
| Sunday November 15, 2015 @01:25PM |
FCC Clarifies: It's Legal To Hack Your Router |
| Monday September 28, 2015 @09:09AM |
EFF: DMCA Hinders Exposing More Software Cheats Like Volkswagen's |
| Friday September 25, 2015 @06:26PM |
How the Car Industry Has Hidden Its Software Behind the DMCA |
| Thursday September 24, 2015 @10:23AM |
How Did Volkswagen Cheat Emissions Tests, and Who Authorized It? |
| Thursday September 17, 2015 @01:52PM |
D-Link Accidentally Publishes Private Code Signing Keys |
| Thursday September 10, 2015 @10:05AM |
New FCC Rules Could Ban WiFi Router Firmware Modification |
| Tuesday September 08, 2015 @08:12AM |
Bugs In Belkin Routers Allow DNS Spoofing, Credential Theft |
| Friday August 21, 2015 @07:31AM |
Bruce Schneier On Cisco ROMMON Firmware Exploit: "This Is Serious" |
| Thursday August 13, 2015 @08:27AM |
Thunderstrike2 Details Revealed |
| Saturday July 18, 2015 @07:28AM |
"Ludicrous Speed" For Tesla's Model S Means 0-60 MPH In 2.8 Seconds |
| Tuesday July 14, 2015 @08:14AM |
65,000+ Land Rovers Recalled Due To Software Bug |
| Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:23PM |
Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash |
| Wednesday May 27, 2015 @06:01PM |
GM To Offer Apple CarPlay and Android Auto API In Most 2016 Vehicles |
| Tuesday May 26, 2015 @12:45PM |
Hyundai Now Offers an Android Car, Even For Current Owners |
| Saturday May 09, 2015 @02:59PM |
Samsung's SSD 840 Read Performance Degradation Explained |
| Tuesday April 28, 2015 @07:36PM |
RealTek SDK Introduces Vulnerability In Some Routers |
| Tuesday April 07, 2015 @11:25AM |
Research Finds Shoddy Security On Connected Home Gateways |
| Saturday April 04, 2015 @07:31PM |
Forking Away: OnePlus Introduces Android-Based OxygenOS |
| Sunday March 22, 2015 @05:10AM |
LightEater Malware Attack Places Millions of Unpatched BIOSes At Risk |
| Thursday March 19, 2015 @09:19AM |
Persistent BIOS Rootkit Implant To Debut At CanSecWest |
| Tuesday February 17, 2015 @11:12AM |
Flaw In Netgear Wi-Fi Routers Exposes Admin Password, WLAN Details |
| Saturday February 07, 2015 @12:32AM |
How To Hack a BMW: Details On the Security Flaw That Affected 2.2 Million Cars |
| Friday February 06, 2015 @06:36PM |
Automakers Move Toward OTA Software Upgrades |
| Friday January 09, 2015 @09:52AM |
Asus Wireless Routers Can Be Exploited By Anyone Inside the Network |
| Friday November 14, 2014 @06:02PM |
Ask Slashdot: Is Non-USB Flash Direct From China Safe? |
| Tuesday August 12, 2014 @05:48PM |
Study: Firmware Plagued By Poor Encryption and Backdoors |
| Thursday April 17, 2014 @04:18PM |
Ask Slashdot: Which Router Firmware For Bandwidth Management? |
| Thursday March 13, 2014 @08:34AM |
Replicant Hackers Find and Close Samsung Galaxy Back-door |
| Thursday February 20, 2014 @09:27AM |
Routers Pose Biggest Security Threat To Home Networks |
| Sunday December 22, 2013 @01:53PM |
Evad3rs Announce iOS 7 Jailbreak For Latest Apple Devices |
| Saturday November 30, 2013 @06:01PM |
Sailfish Can Officially Be Installed To Android Devices |
| Saturday October 05, 2013 @11:48AM |
Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Project For a Router/Wi-Fi Access Point? |
| Thursday May 30, 2013 @01:54AM |
Canon DSLR Hack Allows It To Shoot RAW Video |
| Friday May 24, 2013 @06:14PM |
Google Releases Glass Factory System Image, Rooted Bootloader |
| Wednesday May 08, 2013 @07:52PM |
WD Explains Its Windows-Only Software-Based SSHD Tech |
| Monday May 06, 2013 @02:27PM |
Why Your New Car's Technology Is Four Years Old |
| Tuesday April 30, 2013 @01:39PM |
New OpenWRT Drops Support For Linux 2.4, Low-Mem Devices |
| Sunday March 24, 2013 @03:52PM |
Matthew Garrett Has a Fix To Prevent Bricked UEFI Linux Laptops |
| Thursday January 24, 2013 @12:18PM |
Barracuda Appliances Have Exploitable Holes, Fixed By Firmware Updates |
| Monday October 01, 2012 @02:00AM |
RockBox + Refurbished MP3 Players = Crowdsourced Audio Capture |
| Tuesday September 18, 2012 @09:13AM |
Wireless Analysis With Monitor Mode On Android |
| Friday August 24, 2012 @06:43PM |
NIST Publishes Draft Guidelines For Server BIOS Protection |
| Monday January 30, 2012 @07:47AM |
Rockbox Developers Talk Open Source Firmware |
| Tuesday January 24, 2012 @11:23AM |
Jailbreak For A5 iOS Devices Released |
| Friday January 28, 2011 @02:20AM |
Sony Updates PS3 Firmware To 3.56 To Stop Jailbreaking |
| Friday December 24, 2010 @08:07PM |
Google Pushes Openness Over Rooting |
| Tuesday November 09, 2010 @07:58PM |
T-Mobile G2 'Permaroot' Achieved |
| Friday November 05, 2010 @01:05AM |
Swedes Show Intel Sandy Bridge Running BIOS-Successor UEFI |
| Friday October 29, 2010 @06:05PM |
Early Kinect Games Kill Buyers' Access To Xbox Live |
| Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:32PM |
G2 Detects When Rooted and Reinstalls Stock OS |
| Sunday September 26, 2010 @11:44AM |
PS3 Jailbreaks Galore Released |
| Tuesday September 14, 2010 @05:38PM |
Dell Releases Streak Source Code |
| Thursday September 09, 2010 @01:38PM |
IOS 4.1 Jailbroken Already |
| Saturday July 31, 2010 @02:28PM |
Budapest Panorama, at 70GP, Now the World's Largest Digital Photo |
| Friday July 16, 2010 @11:08PM |
Motorola Says eFuse Doesn't Permanently Brick Phones |
| Wednesday May 05, 2010 @03:11PM |
Oracle Restricts Access To Sun Firmware Downloads |
| Thursday April 22, 2010 @01:43PM |
Android Ported To iPhone |
| Friday April 16, 2010 @09:22PM |
Checking For GPL Compliance, When the Code Is Embedded |
| Friday April 16, 2010 @04:03AM |
Sony Refuses To Sanction PS3 "Other OS" Refunds |
| Thursday March 18, 2010 @02:29AM |
Firmware Hack Allows Video Analysis On a Canon Camera |
| Friday February 26, 2010 @08:04PM |
Should I Take Toyota's Software Update? |
| Monday February 22, 2010 @05:38AM |
Chuck Norris Attacks Linux-Based Routers, Modems |
| Tuesday June 23, 2009 @01:07PM |
GPL Firmware For Canon 5D Mk II Adds Features For Filmmakers |
