An industry-wide standard that safeguards Windows devices from firmware infections had a vulnerability for around seven months which may have allowed the bypassing of protection with a simple technique. Patched by Microsoft on Tuesday, the status of Linux systems remains unknown. The exploit permitted attackers with device access to run harmful firmware during bootup, thus infecting the device before any OS loading.

Man who stole 2 gold bars from Colorado woman in malware scam sentenced to 6 years in prison
Sagar Patel, 27, has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Colorado judge for stealing two gold bars from a 79-year-old woman. She