Computers contain a lot of firmware, all of which is potentially vulnerable to hacking---everything from USB keyboards and web cams to graphics and sound cards. Even computer batteries have firmware.

Microsoft has a new way to keep your computer's firmware from being hacked The company is partnering with chipmakers on a new initiative called Secured-core PC.

A computer's core firmware---also referred to at times as the BIOS, UEFI or EFI---is the software that boots a computer and launches its operating system. It can be infected with malware because ...

In early 2018, the Meltdown & Spectre vulnerabilities required Technology Support Services to update BIOS firmware on our campus Dell computers. Since then, there have been multiple variants of the ...

Researchers have discovered multiple instances of unsigned firmware in computer peripherals that can be used by malicious actors to attack laptops and servers running Windows and Linux.