Millions of PCs threatened, update

The fortress supposed to protect your most intimate secrets cracks. For example, The flaw is not nestled in a simple application. However, but at the very heart of the material: the firmware of the Broadcom chip managing the component Dell Controlvault. Meanwhile, It is here. in this digital safe that stores your passwords and biometric data, that an attacker with simple access can force the lock, extract information and install a stolen door.

This vulnerability leaves an indelible scar on the system. Once established, the stolen door survives a complete reinstallation of Windows, making the PC definitively compromised. Worse still, physical access to the machine is enough to modify the firmware and deceive the fingerprint reader. It is no longer a simple breach. but a real Achilles material heel, which recalls that software security can do nothing when the hardware millions pcs threatened, update foundations are shaken.

Faced with this threat, the reaction was not long in coming, and Dell published the necessary fixes. However, the manufacturer cannot press the button for you. Latitude and precision professional ranges, as well as certain XPS models, are on the front line. Waiting for an automatic update would be a risky bet. the only effective parade is to go to the Dell support site to download and manually install the update corresponding to your model.