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Built into virtually every hardware device, firmware is lower-level software that is programmed to ensure that hardware functions properly.\nAs software security has been significantly hardened over the past two decades, hackers have responded by moving down the stack to focus on firmware entry points. Firmware offers a target that basic security controls can\u2019t access or scan as easily as software, while allowing them to persist and continue leveraging many of their tried and true attack techniques.\nJoining us on this week's Research Saturday is Maggie Jauregui, security researcher at Dell, to discuss this issue.\xa0\nThe research can be found here:\xa0\nThree firmware blind spots impacting security\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices