Security flaw in Dell SupportAssist tool puts millions of Windows systems at risk

A Windows support tool bundled with Dell computers has a high-severity security hole that leaves millions of systems at risk of a privilege-escalation attack. Dell has announced that both the Business and Home versions of its SupportAssist tool have a security vulnerability within the PC Doctor component that requires immediate patching. The discovery was made by SafeBreach, and there could be over 100 million systems that are affected. See also: Netflix discovers SACK Panic and other Linux security flaws Security software is causing Firefox users to lose saved passwords VLC 3.0.7 includes more security fixes than ever thanks to the… [Continue Reading]