Tag: lenovo

January 6, 2023

Qualcomm announced this week the availability of patches for a dozen vulnerabilities, including five connectivity- and boot-related issues discovered by researchers at firmware security company Binarly. Alex Matrosov, founder and CEO of Binarly, told SecurityWeek that they discovered a total […]

April 19, 2022

Three high-impact Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) security vulnerabilities have been discovered impacting various Lenovo consumer laptop models, enabling malicious actors to deploy and execute firmware implants on the affected devices. Tracked as CVE-2021-3970, CVE-2021-3971, and CVE-2021-3972, the latter two […]

July 26, 2021

NortonLifeLock announced that the Norton Security Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app will be pre-installed on select new Lenovo laptop PCs. Expanding its collaboration of more than two decades, NortonLifeLock will help protect Lenovo’s always-on, always-connected laptops, including the Yoga 5G […]

August 26, 2019

Another flaw has been found in Lenovo’s decommissioned Lenovo Solution Centre software, preinstalled on millions of older-model PCs made by the world’s leading computer maker. The vulnerability is a privilege escalation flaw that can be used to execute arbitrary code […]

August 15, 2019

Dozens of Lenovo’s flagship ThinkPad models are vulnerable to bugs ranging in severity from low to high. Two of the flaws are tied to industry-wide security bulletins, while a medium-severity flaw affects only Lenovo laptops but remains unpatched. The most […]

June 12, 2018

Nine months after researchers warned of the BlueBorne remote code execution bug, Lenovo said Thursday that a patch is finally available for three popular lines of its Android tablets. Lenovo, the world’s No. 3 Android tablet-maker, said BlueBorne patches are […]

May 7, 2018

Lenovo issued a pair of security advisories on Friday for its popular ThinkPad line and System x servers. One bug is tied to an authentication flaw in the Secure Boot process; and the other to a vulnerability that would allow […]

January 17, 2018

Lenovo patched a flaw in its networking operating system dating back to 2004 that allowed attackers to perform an authentication bypass attack via a mechanism called “HP Backdoor.” If exploited, an attacker could gain admin-level access on affected switches, Lenovo […]

June 2, 2016

PC maker Lenovo is recommending that users remove an application preloaded on their computers because it contains a high-severity flaw that could allow attackers to take over their systems. The vulnerable tool is called Lenovo Accelerator Application and is designed […]

May 9, 2016

On the heels of the Superfish embarrassment earlier this year, the Chinese computer manufacturer is warning that multiple vulnerabilities in the “Lenovo Solution Center” could expose millions of users to malicious hacker attacks. The most serious of the four vulnerabilities, […]

August 13, 2015

With the litany of free trial programs, adware, and other unwanted “features” that come with the factory images of Windows computers, it has become standard procedure for many users to wipe the system drive of a new PC and install […]

May 6, 2015

Still reeling from the Superfish vulnerability, three more serious vulnerabilities have been patched and disclosed in #lenovo’s update system for its PCs. Researchers at IOActive yesterday disclosed details on a trio of #security issues related to the mechanism by which […]

February 26, 2015

#lenovo.com was hijacked and email communications were intercepted by hackers just days after the company admitted to installing dangerous adware on many of its computers before shipping them to unsuspecting customers. “Unfortunately, Lenovo has been the victim of a cyber-attack. […]