Your computer's basic input/output system (BIOS) is about to become history and be replaced by Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) -- and that brings both advantages and problems. When you ...

Just before we start, you should know that this post is not about switching firmware modes. If you are planning to move from legacy BIOS to UEFI, you will have to use MBR2GPT Tool. So if you are in a ...

To understand the transition from legacy BIOS to UEFI firmware, it’s best to begin with a review of a decades-old system—the 1983 IBM-compatible PC—and continue with a study of its successor ...

The BIOS (basic input/output system) firmware is being replaced by the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) standard interface for PCs – designed to improve software interoperability and ...

Even before the first personal computer appeared in 1984, BIOS technologies, which are needed to initialize hardware, test hardware functionalities and start the operating system, were already in use ...

Just built out a new desktop PC, or upgraded some key components? Getting to know these four key UEFI BIOS features will help you make sure everything’s running up to snuff. Years back, when a small ...

If you own a PC from Dell, HP or Lenovo, chances are very good that the BIOS or UEFI firmware update you installed earlier this month is bad. Here’s how to dig ...

The glitch stems from a functionality intended to allow updates to the UEFI firmware. LAS VEGAS – Researchers said they found buffer overflow flaws in the firmware for ASRock and ASUS, potentially ...

New functionality discovered in Trickbot enables malicious actors to inspect the UEFI/BIOS firmware of targeted systems for well-known, unpatched vulnerabilities that, if exploited, would enable them ...

The operators of the TrickBot malware botnet have added a new capability that can allow them to interact with an infected computer's BIOS or UEFI firmware. The new capability was spotted inside part ...