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Dude, Millions of Dell PCs are at risk of RCEs, disconnect your Western Digital My Book, and RIP John McAfee! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5 Links: Weekly security and privacy news, brought to you by Shannon Morse. ThreatWire is a weekly news journalism show covering security and privacy topics for network admins and users. Watch this on youtube: https://youtu.be/27QQUHbOtVw Shop ThreatWire Merch Directly! - https://snubsie.com/shop Shop ThreatWire Merch on Teespring! - https://morsecode.creator-spring.com/ Support ThreatWire! https://www.patreon.com/threatwire Links: Dell: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dell-supportassist-bugs-put-over-30-million-pcs-at-risk/ https://eclypsium.com/2021/06/24/biosdisconnect/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/06/a-well-meaning-feature-leaves-millions-of-dell-pcs-vulnerable/ https://threatpost.com/dell-bios-attacks-rce/167195/ https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000188682/dsa-2021-106-dell-client-platform-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-the-supportassist-biosconnect-feature-and-https-boot-feature WD My Book https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wd-my-book-nas-devices-are-being-remotely-wiped-clean-worldwide/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/ https://community.wd.com/t/help-all-data-in-mybook-live-gone-and-owner-password-unknown/268111/54 https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo https://threatpost.com/my-book-live-wiped-rce-attacks/167270/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/own-a-wd-my-book-disconnect-it-from-the-internet-right-now/ McAfee https://elpais.com/economia/2021-06-23/el-fundador-del-antivirus-mcafee-john-mcafee-se-suicida-en-una-prision-de-barcelona.html https://abcnews.go.com/US/rise-fall-rise-john-mcafee-tech-pioneer-person/story?id=47346015 https://www.cnet.com/how-to/john-mcafees-tumultuous-life-in-tech-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/antivirus-creator-john-mcafee-reportedly-found-dead-in-prison-cell/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/john-mcafee-the-eccentric-av-tycoon-dead-at-75-by-apparent-suicide/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqp83/john-mcafee-reportedly-dead-from-suspected-suicide-in-spanish-jail Photo credit: https://www.techadvisor.com/cmsdata/reviews/3796015/dell_xps_15__2020__review_thumb800.jpg -----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆ Our Site → https://www.hak5.org Shop → http://hakshop.myshopify.com/ Subscribe → https://www.youtube.com/user/Hak5Darren?sub_confirmation=1 Support → https://www.patreon.com/threatwire Contact Us → http://www.twitter.com/hak5 Threat Wire RSS → https://shannonmorse.podbean.com/feed/ Threat Wire iTunes → https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/threat-wire/id1197048999 Host: Shannon Morse → https://www.twitter.com/snubs Host: Darren Kitchen → https://www.twitter.com/hak5darren Host: Mubix → http://www.twitter.com/mubix -----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆