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Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2021

Flaws in Dell BIOSConnect feature affect 128 device models

Flaws affecting the BIOSConnect feature of Dell Client BIOS could be exploited by a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code at the BIOS/UEFI level of the impacted device. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Eclypsium discovered multiple vulnerabilities affecting the BIOSConnect feature of Dell Client BIOS that could be exploited by a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2021

Hundreds of millions Of Dell PCs affected by CVE-2021-21551 flaws

American multinational computer technology giant Dell addresses a 12-year-old driver flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-21551, impacting millions of computers. Hundreds of millions of Dell computers worldwide are affected by a 12-year-old vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21551, that affects Dell DBUtil driver. The flaw affects version 2.3 of the Dell BIOS driver, it is one of a series of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2019

How to Hack Dell computers exploiting a flaw in pre-installed Dell SupportAssist

A flaw in Dell SupportAssist, a pre-installed tool on most Dell computers, could be exploited by hackers to compromise them remotely. The security researcher Bill Demirkapi (17) has discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist utility that is pre-installed on most Dell computers. The vulnerability could be exploited by hackers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2018

Dell data breach – Dell forces password reset after the incident

Dell data breach – IT giant Dell disclosed a data breach, the company confirmed it has detected an intrusion in its systems on November 9th 2018. Attackers were trying to exfiltrate customer data (i.e. names, email addresses, and hashed passwords) from the company portal Dell.com, from support.dell.com websites. Wednesday that its online electronics marketplace experienced a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2018

DELL EMC addressed two critical flaws in VMAX enterprise storage systems

Dell EMC addressed two critical vulnerabilities that affect the management interfaces for its VMAX enterprise storage systems. The Dell EMC’s VMAX Virtual Appliance (vApp) Manager is an essential component of a wide range of the enterprise storage systems. The first flaw tracked as CVE-2018-1215 is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability that could be exploited by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2017

Krebs reported that Dell lost Control of dellbackupandrecoverycloudstorage Domain in June 2017

The popular investigator Brian Krebs reported that the tech giant Dell lost the control of dellbackupandrecoverycloudstorage domain in June 2017. It is really embarrassing, Dell forgot to renew the domain www.dellbackupandrecoverycloudstorage.com name that was used by the tech giant to install operating systems on the PC it has sold. The incident was discovered by a third-party […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2017

Vulnerabilities in Pre-Installed Software expose Dell Systems to hack

According to experts from Talos, security vulnerabilities in pre-installed software expose Dell systems to code execution attacks. Security vulnerabilities in pre-installed software expose Dell systems to code execution attacks. Hackers can exploit the flaws to disable security mechanisms, escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code within the context of the application user. According to the experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2015

3 OEMs Vulnerable To 3 Vulnerabilities. Your PCs At Risk

Bad news for PC users, Lenovo machines can be hijacked by visiting a malicious website, meanwhile Dell and Toshiba PC are affected by serious flaws. Security Researcher slipstream/RoL posted Proof-of-concept exploits online (3 OEMs Vulnerable To Three Vulnerability Your PCs At Risk) demonstrating how to compromise machines available on the market. Three OEMs. Three applications preinstalled. Three exploits. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2015

Dell puts users at risk with dangerous eDellRoot root certificate

Dell is in the headlines for shipping PCs with a pre-installed trusted root certificate dubbed eDellRoot that opens users to a number of cyber attacks. Dell is in the headlines for shipping PCs with a pre-installed trusted root certificate that opens users to a number of cyber attacks. Hackers could exploit it to compromise the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2015

Dell report revealed attacks on SCADA system are doubled

A recent report published by Dell revealed a 100 percent increase in the number of attacks on industrial control (SCADA) systems. The new Dell Annual Threat Report revealed that the number of attacks against supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems doubled in 2014 respect the previous year. Unfortunately, the majority of incidents occurred in SCADA systems is […]

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Flaws in Dell BIOSConnect feature affect 128 device models

Hundreds of millions Of Dell PCs affected by CVE-2021-21551 flaws

How to Hack Dell computers exploiting a flaw in pre-installed Dell SupportAssist

Dell data breach – Dell forces password reset after the incident

DELL EMC addressed two critical flaws in VMAX enterprise storage systems

Krebs reported that Dell lost Control of dellbackupandrecoverycloudstorage Domain in June 2017

Vulnerabilities in Pre-Installed Software expose Dell Systems to hack

3 OEMs Vulnerable To 3 Vulnerabilities. Your PCs At Risk

Dell puts users at risk with dangerous eDellRoot root certificate

Dell report revealed attacks on SCADA system are doubled

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