Absolute Computrace, which is embedded in the BIOS, of a large chunk of PCs could be a security nightmare according to research from Kaspersky labs. The software allows companies to track and secure ...

Following a flood of calls from customers, the company behind the LoJack anti-theft service which researchers from Core Security Technologies recently portrait as a security threat, issued a statement ...

The focus of the Kaspersky research was the Absolute Computrace agent that resides in the firmware, or PC ROM Basic Input/Output Systems (BIOS), of modern laptops and desktops. It’s a key part of the ...

Did you grant permission for a LoJack-like software to establish secret communications and connect to a server each time you boot up your laptop or PC? That answer is probably not, but most PCs have ...

Absolute Software’s guaranteed Computrace theft recovery software to ship in the BIOS firmware of industry’s most reliable mobile PCs January 11, 2007 – Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, the ...

New IBM ThinkPad computers will now have support for Absolute's Computrace solutions embedded into the BIOS firmware starting with the new T-series. Absolute's Computrace technology powers Absolute's ...

The developer of the Computrace anti-theft mechanism shipped with millions of PCs which was recently claimed to be vulnerable to remote hijacking has rubbished the report as inaccurate and based on ...

LAS VEGAS -- A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus and Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked ...

eSpeaks' Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Absolute Software Corporation , the leading provider of firmware-based, patented, computer theft recovery, data protection and IT asset management solutions, recently announced that it launched ...

I was speaking with Clain Anderson, Director of Wireless and Security for Lenovo International today about the Computrace service (LoJack for Laptops) and what Lenovo has done with the client software ...