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Lenovo Laptops Hit By Critical Security Flaw

Lenovo laptops have once again exposed to critical security flaws. A serious hardware vulnerability, thought to be confined to UEFI drivers in Lenovo laptops, has been found in firmware running on its motherboards. The exploit, dubbed ThinkPwn, was published earlier this week by a researcher named Dmytro Oleksiuk. Other PC vendors are also potentially vulnerable to ThinkPwn. A newly released exploit can disable the write protection of critical firmware areas in Lenovo ThinkPads and possibly laptops from other vendors as well. Many new Windows security features, like Secure Boot, Virtual Secure Mode...