If you don't have auto-update switched on, time to patch Millions of Windows Dell PCs need patching: Give-me-admin security gremlin found lurking in bundled support tool
Dell has copped to a flaw in SupportAssist – a Windows-based troubleshooting program preinstalled on nearly every one of its newer devices running the OS – that allows local hackers to load malicious files with admin privileges. The company has issued an advisory about the vulnerability, warning that a locally authenticated low-privilege user could exploit the bug to load arbitrary DLLs by the SupportAssist binaries, resulting in the privileged execution of malware. SupportAssist scans the s...