OEM

Laptops from Dell, HP, Asus, Acer and Lenovo all had at least one vulnerability that could result in complete compromise of system, Duo Security report says. Pre-loaded software update tools installed on laptops from five major OEM PC vendors can lead to a full system compromise in less than 10 […]

OEM Laptops Bloatware allows Remote Code Execution

31 May, 2016 in News tagged Bloatware / Laptop / OEM / RCE by admin

Lenovo has sold laptops bundled with irremovable software that features a bonus exploitable security vulnerability. If the crapware is deleted, or the hard drive wiped and Windows reinstalled from scratch, the laptop’s firmware will quietly and automatically reinstall Lenovo’s software on the next boot-up. Built into the firmware on the […]

Lenovo stuffs laptops with a rootkit in the BIOS

14 Aug, 2015 in News tagged bios. spy / crapware / lenovo / LSE / news / OEM by admin