Some of the worst hacks exploit unpatched firmware.

Restart your computer, and as soon as you see the initial POST boot screen, press the designated key for entering the system BIOS. The key for this varies depending on the manufacturer of your system ...

Because a great PC experience starts before the OS boots ...

This post will show you how to recover BIOS settings in HP, ASUS, Dell, and other laptops. This can be useful if your Windows computer does not start. BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It is ...

When a computer starts up, it initializes the Basic Input-Output System before it starts up the operating system. The BIOS configures your computer's hardware components, which in turn helps your ...

If you look at the back of your Windows computer, you may see a strange button. Chances are, it is the Quick Flash BIOS button, but not everyone knows what it’s all about. We tend to see the Quick ...

To "flash the BIOS" means to install an update to the BIOS firmware. You are replacing the older BIOS version with a newer version. Unless you are experiencing bugs ...

In early 2018, the Meltdown & Spectre vulnerabilities required Technology Support Services to update BIOS firmware on our campus Dell computers. Since then, there have been multiple variants of the ...

Dell is adding BIOS protection to its suite of security protections. One solution handles advanced authentication, encryption, and malware detection along with BIOS verification Intel and PC makers ...

The Spectre & Meltdown mess continues with Dell now recommending their customers do not install the BIOS updates that resolve the Spectre (Variant 2) vulnerabilities. These updates have been causing ...