Tag: EFI Firmware

EFI firmware in millions of Macs don’t get the most critical elements of Apple’s updates; Windows and Linux PCs at risk, too

Friday, September 29, 2017 10:43 amFriday, September 29, 20177 Comments

As any nagging cybersecurity expert will tell you, keeping your software up to date is…

Apple’s macOS High Sierra validates Mac firmware weekly, alerts users to possible security issues

Monday, September 25, 2017 12:16 pm8 Comments

A new routine in High Sierra runs automatically weekly and checks the firmware of the Mac…

WikiLeaks says CIA disguised agency hacking as Russian activity

Friday, March 31, 2017 2:32 pmFriday, March 31, 201772 Comments

WikiLeaks has published hundreds more files today which it claims show the CIA went to great lengths to disguise…

Apple: Macs and iPhones are safe from CIA exploits revealed by WikiLeaks

Friday, March 24, 2017 4:45 pmFriday, March 24, 20178 Comments

Apple says that its preliminary assessments of the WikiLeaks documents released today…

Apple: No Wikileaks negotiations, Wikileaks calls Apple’s claim they’ve fixed all Dark Matter vulnerabilities ‘duplicitous’

Friday, March 24, 2017 10:43 am14 Comments

Apple issued a strong statement on Friday after Wikileaks released a handful of documents about Central Intelligence Agency…

New WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 data dump shows the CIA’s Mac firmware attacks

Thursday, March 23, 2017 5:00 pmThursday, March 23, 201723 Comments

The EFI is what orchestrates the entire boot sequence. If you change something before that…

New WikiLeaks Vault 7 ‘Dark Matter’ leak claims CIA bugs ‘factory fresh’ iPhones, infects Mac firmware

Thursday, March 23, 2017 11:41 amThursday, March 23, 201732 Comments

A new WikiLeaks Vault 7 leak, “Dark Matter,” claims that the United States of America’s Central Intelligence Agency…

‘Secret’ firmware enables late ’08 MacBooks to use 8GB of RAM

Monday, March 7, 2011 9:38 amMonday, March 7, 20112 Comments

In late 2009, an EFI Firmware Update was released by Apple to address…