ZDNet spotted a new Apple support document which states that only "Apple retail stores or Apple Authorized Service Providers" can unlock a new MacBook Air (late 2010) or Pro (early 2011) protected by ...

A securemac.com article discusses the password protection built into Apple's latest Open Firmware update. "It introduces support for additional security options which allow the Open Firmware to be ...

With some help from readers, we have the answer (sort of) to why the Open Firmware Password Utility would not copy from the Mac OS X Install CD to our hard drive - although it would copy if booted ...

The first large-scale analysis of a fundamental type of software known as firmware has revealed poor security practices that could present opportunities for hackers probing the “Internet of Things.” ...

The first large-scale analysis of a fundamental type of software known as firmware has revealed poor security practices that could present opportunities for hackers probing the “Internet of things.” ...

Researchers at the Netherland’s Radboud University have uncovered serious security issues with several solid-state drives that use hardware-based encryption—vulnerabilities that would allow an ...

Researchers at Radboud University have found critical security flaws in several popular Crucial and Samsung solid state drives (SSDs), which they say can be easily exploited to recover encrypted data ...

Mac managers will want to check out a recent Apple support note that points out some important changes for recovering firmware passwords in the MacBook Air (Late 2010) and MacBook Pro (Early 2011).

A firmware password secures a system against unauthorized changes at the ok prompt. If you don’t have a firmware password set, anyone with access to your system’s console can modify your OpenBoot ...

To paraphrase Fox Mulder, trust no self-encrypting SSD. As of the latest Windows 10 update, Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption tool that’s built into Pro and Enterprise versions will no longer assume ...