Millions of Dell PCs Are At Risk of Exploit, RIP John McAfee, WD MyBooks Are Being Wiped! ThreatWire - ThreatWire (AUDIO ONLY) (Patreon)

Dude, Millions of Dell PCs are at risk of RCEs, disconnect your Western Digital My Book, and RIP John McAfee! All that coming up now on ThreatWire.  

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Dell: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dell-supportassist-bugs-put-over-30-million-pcs-at-risk/

https://eclypsium.com/2021/06/24/biosdisconnect/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/06/a-well-meaning-feature-leaves-millions-of-dell-pcs-vulnerable/

https://threatpost.com/dell-bios-attacks-rce/167195/

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000188682/dsa-2021-106-dell-client-platform-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-the-supportassist-biosconnect-feature-and-https-boot-feature

WD My Book

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wd-my-book-nas-devices-are-being-remotely-wiped-clean-worldwide/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/

https://community.wd.com/t/help-all-data-in-mybook-live-gone-and-owner-password-unknown/268111/54

https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo 

https://threatpost.com/my-book-live-wiped-rce-attacks/167270/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/own-a-wd-my-book-disconnect-it-from-the-internet-right-now/

McAfee

https://elpais.com/economia/2021-06-23/el-fundador-del-antivirus-mcafee-john-mcafee-se-suicida-en-una-prision-de-barcelona.html 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/rise-fall-rise-john-mcafee-tech-pioneer-person/story?id=47346015 

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/john-mcafees-tumultuous-life-in-tech-what-you-need-to-know/ 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/antivirus-creator-john-mcafee-reportedly-found-dead-in-prison-cell/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/john-mcafee-the-eccentric-av-tycoon-dead-at-75-by-apparent-suicide/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqp83/john-mcafee-reportedly-dead-from-suspected-suicide-in-spanish-jail

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