Microsoft teams up with chipmakers to create Secured-core PCs with unhackable firmware

Microsoft is partnering with PC manufacturers and chip-makers on a new initiative designed to make systems with firmware that cannot be hacked. Called Secured-core PCs, the systems apply the security best practices of isolation and minimal trust to the firmware layer. This helps to protect systems from low-level interference by malicious code. See also: KB4520062 update is breaking Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection for some Microsoft releases Windows 10 20H1 Build 19002 with improved Bluetooth pairing Microsoft warns Windows 7 Pro users about end of support Firmware attacks have become increasingly prevalent, and present serious problems because of the difficulty… [Continue Reading]