Tag Archives: Dell

BIOS-Updates for Dell XPS 13 and XPS 15

Posted on 2016-07-07 by guenni

Dell has released two BIOS updates for XPS 13 and XPS 15 that fixes a couple of bugs and enhance both systems. Here's what has been fixed.

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Microsoft Security-Advisory 3119884 (Dell root certificates)

Posted on 2015-12-02 by guenni

Microsoft has published Security Advisory 3119884 Inadvertently Disclosed Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing. This advisory addresses the Dell root-CA-certificate desaster.

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An issue in Dell Foundation Service allows user tracking

Posted on 2015-12-01 by guenni

Another bad day for Dell Inc. Their Dell Foundation Services version 2.3.3800.0A00 and below comes with a serious security issue. Dell Foundation Services can be exploited by a malicious website to leak the Dell service tag of a Dell system, … Continue reading →

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Dell’s Superfish 2: Devices shipped with cloneable Root certificate

Posted on 2015-11-24 by guenni

Bad news for Dell customes – this vendor has shipped an unsecure, self signed root CA certifcate (eDellRoot) on new Dell desktop and tablet devices. The odd thing: This certificate may be used to sign own certificates and decrypt https-data.

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