Bottom line: Gigabyte has addressed a sketchy feature found on more than 260 motherboard models that could have allowed an attacker to install malware on a system. Some may be surprised that Gigabyte ...

Yet another motherboard manufacturer seems to be in trouble — or rather, the people who own those motherboards might be. According to security researchers, countless Gigabyte boards might be ...

Gigabyte has released a BIOS update with increased security following the discovery of an inadvertent system backdoor present on hundreds of models of Gigabyte PCs, ripe for cybercriminal misuse. The ...

Facepalm: Firmware security services provider Eclypsium recently detected what it described as suspected backdoor-like behavior on some Gigabyte systems in the wild. A follow-up analysis revealed ...

Component supplier Gigabyte has some pressing questions to answer. The first and most pressing is, “Why did you put an updater backdoor into your own motherboard firmware without telling anyone?” The ...

Millions of Gigabyte motherboards have been found to contain a firmware backdoor that poses a potential security risk, according to a recent warning issued by security firm Eclypsium. As reported by ...

It's really irritating when you set up a new system and it begins downloading and installing the motherboard vendor's software without your permission or prompting. This can happen with a lot of ...

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The latest BIOS updates for Gigabyte motherboards are reportedly causing users' systems to freeze up when they enter the EFI, meaning they can't adjust any of their settings. It's an issue that's ...

Researchers warn that the UEFI firmware in many motherboards made by PC hardware manufacturer Gigabyte injects executable code inside the Windows kernel in an unsafe way that can be abused by ...