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Millions of Dell Laptops, Desktop Users Could Fall Prey to Hackers: Apply Patch Now

HIGHLIGHTS A Dell BIOS Utility cyber flaw had five vulnerabilities that existed since 2009 Sentinel Labs disclosed to flaw to Dell in December 2020, and a patch has now been released Dell has urged everyone to apply the patch, including out of service devices In yet another significant cyber vulnerability detected by a security research firm, millions of Dell laptops and desktops have been found to have sported a flaw that could have allowed cyber attackers elevated access to system internals. This could have allowed hackers to carry out a wide range of cyber attacks, including privilege escalation leading to denial of service. In simpler terms, a bug found in a preinstalled software in Dell laptops and desktops could have allowed hackers to get admin level access to users’ PCs, thereby installing malware deep inside systems that could freeze a user out of his own machine. The flaw, actually, is a collective of five different vulnerabilities that were present in the Dell BIOS Utility

ASUS VivoBook Pro 14 with Ryzen 5000H series, Harman Kardon speakers launched

ASUS has launched a new notebook in China. The VivoBook Pro 14 arrives with several upgrades both in design and hardware, including AMD’s Ryzen 5/7 processors. The ASUS VivoBook Pro 14 has an ultra-thin build and is lightweight. It weighs 1.35 kg with a thickness of just 17.9 mm, making it easy to be held with one hand for daily use and also to take on business trips. The device powered by AMD’s game-centric Ryzen 5000H series processor which was announced last year. The laptop is available in two models with the top variant powered by a Ryzen 7 5800H Octa-core processor. The Ryzen 7 5800H is a 7nm SoC with an octa-core architecture and has 16 threads. The processor frequency ranges between 3.2-4.4GHz. The processor is paired with 16GB DDR4 memory and a 512GB PCIe SSD hard drive. The second version packs a Ryzen 5 5600H Octa-core processor with a similar memory configuration as the Ryzen 7 version. As the name implies, the VivoBook Pro 14 sports a 14-inch OLED screen with a resolution