Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Top Lawmaker Urges White House to Review Foreign Influence in Open-Source CodeA top Republican in the U.S. Senate warned the White House that foreign adversaries are exploiting trusted open-source software used across federal networks and defense systems, urging the National Cyber Director to lead efforts to monitor contributors and reduce supply chain risk.

Exposed code included private key for Intel Boot Guard, meaning it can no longer be trusted, according to a researcher.

Gurus say source includes secret hardware info, private signing key for Boot Guard protection Source code for the BIOS used with Intel's 12th-gen Core processors has been leaked online, possibly including details of undocumented model-specific registers (MSRs) and even the private signing key for Intel's Boot Guard security technology.…

Cyber-criminals could use the leaked source code to help launch attacks

Chipmaker Intel has confirmed that proprietary source code related to its Alder Lake CPUs has been leaked, following its release by an unknown third-party on 4chan and GitHub last week

Intel has confirmed that a source code leak for the UEFI BIOS of Alder Lake CPUs is authentic and has been released by a third party. [...]

The decryptor spilled by ContiLeaks won’t work with recent victims. Conti couldn't care less: It's still operating just fine. Still, the dump is a bouquet’s worth of intel.