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Security flaws found in some SSDs
Published in News
Friday, 09 November 2018 10:14

Security flaws found in some SSDs


Bypass the password process

Researchers at Radbound University in the Netherlands have found that that major flaws in some Solid State Drives (SSDs) allow an attacker to bypass the password-based authentication process and access encrypted data stored on the drives.

Windows 10 update has another over writing bug
Published in News

Another dark and stormy night for Vole's QA

Microsoft has recovered from an earlier crisis that its 1809 build of Windows 10 was deleting user files but it did not seem to use the opportunity to fix another file overwriting bug which has surfaced.

More Intel bugs emerge
Published in News
Thursday, 03 May 2018 17:59

More Intel bugs emerge


And maybe some ARM bugs too

German online magazine c't is reporting that as many eight new bugs in Intel microprocessors have been spotted.

Apple markets its software bugs
Published in News
Monday, 19 March 2018 11:31

Apple markets its software bugs


Don't you wish your Android had this many bugs?

Apple’s buggy software is now such a part of its users lives, Jobs’ Mob has taken to promoting it in its adverts.

Intel admits bug infestation in Management Engine
Published in News
Wednesday, 22 November 2017 12:58

Intel admits bug infestation in Management Engine


11 severe bugs were hidden

One of the issues about the Chipzilla's Mangement Engine was it was closed off, and no one could find out much about it.

iPhone X has yet more problems
Published in News
Monday, 13 November 2017 16:22

iPhone X has yet more problems


Ears to you, Mrs. Robinson

There seem to be more local problems popping up on Apple’s latest super expensive iPhone X.

Nintendo Switch ships with six month old bugs
Published in Gaming


It is almost as if they are not really trying


Nintendo’s new Switch console is shipping with software flaws which are more than six months old.

Troubled VMware too buggy to live
Published in News
Tuesday, 09 August 2016 12:36

Troubled VMware too buggy to live


New NSX needs to be uninstalled

VMware, which has not been having a good time as the virtualisation market slows, has told users that its latest version of NSX is so buggy it needs to be rolled back.

LTE networks have evil bugs
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 20 October 2015 11:43

LTE networks have evil bugs


Structure is floored by unfixable bugs


Carnegie Mellon University's CERT security vulnerabilities database has issued an alert regarding the status of LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile networks.

Oracle releases Java mega patch
Published in News
Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:23

Oracle releases Java mega patch


One already being exploited

Oracle has just fixed 25 vulnerabilities in its aging Java platform, including one that's already being exploited in attacks.