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Highlight of Computer Chipsets

March 25, 2019 By Emil Hozan

It is often thought that a computer’s central processing unit (CPU) handles everything within a computer. To some extent, this is true; however, CPUs have delegates per se. These delegates are referred to as chipsets and they have dedicated and specific tasks to carry out. Depending on the chipset and its location, the respective chipset handles that part of a computer and … [Read more...]

China’s Tiny Chip Hardware Hack Infiltrates U.S. Entities

October 9, 2018 By Emil Hozan

[Update]: Since Bloomberg originally posted their story, every party involved has publicly and repeatedly denied the claims made. This includes assessments by Amazon and Apple, two of the largest companies named as targets of this potential breach. Take the following with a grain of salt. In recent news, Supermicro is under some heat in the U.S. after multiple reports of its … [Read more...]

Hardware Malware – WSWiR Episode 112

July 11, 2014 By Corey Nachreiner

Tons of Patches, Facebook Botnets, and Infected Hand Scanners After a couple weeks of hiatus, we're finally back with our weekly security news summary video. If you want to learn about all the week's important security news from one convenience resource, this is the place to get it. This episode covers the latest popular software security updates from the last two weeks, and … [Read more...]

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