News in the Hardware category

Intel adds CPU-level malware protection to Tiger Lake processors

Intel today announced a new CPU-level security capability known as Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (Intel CET) that offers protection against malware using control-flow hijacking attack methods on devices with Intel's future Tiger Lake mobile processors.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 15, 2020
- 09:00 AM
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Microsoft Surface Book 3 is now available for purchase

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the Surface Book 3, which is the company's most powerful laptop with dedicated Nvidia GPU support. Just like the previous generation, Surface Book 3 is available in the same 13- and 15-inch version.
- Mayank Parmar
- May 21, 2020
- 02:30 PM
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Intel graphics drivers now officially support Windows 10 2004

Intel has released updated Windows 10 graphics drivers that are now officially compatible with Windows 10 2004 and add support for new DirectX 12 features.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 07, 2020
- 02:14 PM
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Hackers struggle morally and economically over Coronavirus

With the Coronavirus pandemic in full swing, threat actors are torn about how they should operate during the pandemic, and like everyone else, are also seeing a downturn in the underground hacker marketplace.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 09, 2020
- 05:00 AM
- 0
HPE Warns of New Bug That Kills SSD Drives After 40,000 Hours

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is once again warning its customers that certain Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drives will fail after 40,000 hours of operation, unless a critical patch is applied.
- Ionut Ilascu
- March 24, 2020
- 06:26 PM
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Nvidia CES Game Ready Driver Adds a Maximum Frame Rate Setting

At CES 2020, Nvidia has released GeForce Game Ready Driver 441.87 and with it comes a few new features, including one that allows you to set a maximum frame rate that will be used by 3D games and applications.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 06, 2020
- 04:09 PM
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HP Warns That Some SSD Drives Will Fail at 32,768 Hours of Use

HP released firmware updates for a number of its Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drives to prevent their failure at exactly 32,768 hours of operation time.
- Ionut Ilascu
- November 26, 2019
- 06:23 PM
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Intel Posts Letter Apologizing for Continued CPU Shortages

In a letter posted to their web site, Intel apologizes for their continued CPU shortage, and while they have invested record levels of capital expenditure in their manufacturing, it has not been enough to meet demands.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 20, 2019
- 05:32 PM
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Intel is Removing End of Life Drivers and BIOS Downloads

If you are user of old Intel hardware, be sure to create a backup of your drivers or BIOS updates as Intel will no longer make them available for download once they reach end of life.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 18, 2019
- 10:54 AM
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Millions of Amazon Echo and Kindle Devices Affected by WiFi Bug

Millions of Amazon Echo 1st generation and Amazon Kindle 8th generation are susceptible to an old WiFi vulnerability called KRACK that allows an attacker to perform a man in the middle attack against a WPA2 protected network.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 17, 2019
- 05:30 AM
- 0
Windows 10 to Boost Performance via Favored CPU Core Optimization

Windows 10 19H2 will include optimizations to how instructions are processed by the CPU in order to increase the performance and reliability of the operating system and its applications.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 24, 2019
- 04:25 PM
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New Bluetooth KNOB Attack Lets Attackers Manipulate Traffic

A new Bluetooth vulnerability named "Key Negotiation Of Bluetooth attack" or "KNOB" has been disclosed that allow attackers to more easily brute force the encryption key used during pairing to monitor or manipulate the data transferred between two paired devices.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 13, 2019
- 05:18 PM
- 0
Mozilla To Disable Firefox Add-Ons with Obfuscated Code

Mozilla will block Firefox add-ons that contain obfuscated code as part of the updated Add-on Policy that aims to rid the portal of malicious extensions.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 02, 2019
- 05:46 PM
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Microsoft Edge File Permissions Clash with IE, Allow XXE Attacks

A recently disclosed vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer yet to receive a fix from Microsoft has received a micropatch that denies remote attackers the possibility to exfiltrate local files and run reconnaissance activity on the system.
- Ionut Ilascu
- April 17, 2019
- 12:18 PM
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NVIDIA Removing Support For 3D Vision in Game Ready Drivers

In a support document posted this month, NVIDIA has stated that they will no longer support 3D Vision in GeForce Game Ready drivers after the upcoming April 2019 Release 418 driver.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 11, 2019
- 04:52 PM
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Thunderclap Vulnerabilities Allow Attacks Using Thunderbolt Peripherals

Modern computers that come with a Thunderbolt interface and run Windows, macOS, Linux, or FreeBSD are vulnerable to a range of Direct Memory Access (DMA) attacks performed by potential attackers with physical access to the device using malicious peripherals.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2019
- 03:32 PM
- 0
NVIDIA Tesla T4 GPUs in Beta on the Google Cloud Platform

The Google Cloud Platform is the first cloud vendor to provide its customers with access to NVIDIA's professional Tesla T4 GPU, via a beta program with instances available for customers from Brazil, India, Netherlands, Singapore, Tokyo, and the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 16, 2019
- 09:59 AM
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AMD Unveils 7nm Radeon VII GPU as Response to NVIDIA's RTX 2080

The AMD Radeon VII graphics chip is built using the enhanced second-generation Vega architecture and a 7nm process technology, and will come with DirectX 12 and Vulkan support, as well as a $699 price tag
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 09, 2019
- 04:20 PM
- 0
Acer Unveils RTX2080-Powered Predator Triton Gaming Notebooks

The Predator Triton 900 and the Predator Triton 500 both come with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX2080 GPU and Intel's Core i7-8750H CPU
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 07, 2019
- 07:30 AM
- 0
The Intel Microcode Boot Loader Protects Older CPUs From Spectre

The Intel Microcode Boot Loader creates a bootable USB flash drive that automatically applies the latest Intel microcodes to your identified CPU so that you are protected from the speculative execution side-channel attacks called Spectre.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 12, 2018
- 06:34 PM
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