Nvidia Admits Hackers Stole Employee and Internal Data
Nvidia, a US chip giant, has confirmed that it suffered from an apparent ransomware attack on its networks. Nvidia stated that it appears some internal data was stolen after originally making few statements on the attack. Last week, Nvidia claimed that its business and commercial activities were uninterrupted. After investigating
Nvidia’s huge Arm deal has just been scrapped
Graphics giant Nvidia will no longer be spending $40 billion to acquire Arm, parent company SoftBank has announced, citing “significant regulatory challenges.” The news was first reported by the Financial Times. Nvidia will be paying $1.25 billion to SoftBank for failing to go through with the transaction, while Arm CEO Simon
Nvidia Makes Its Metaverse-Building Software Free for Individual Creators
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nvidia made Omniverse, its real-time 3D design collaboration and virtual world simulation platform, available free to individual creators and artists. The tech giant also rolled out new features and integrations for the product, which the company has dubbed the “metaverse for
Nvidia’s $40 billion Arm acquisition is now ‘highly unlikely’ to go through, analyst says
Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of U.K. chip designer Arm is looking increasingly unlikely to go through, according to Gartner semiconductor analyst Alan Priestley. The deal is facing a growing number of regulatory probes around the world, Priestley said, pointing to concerns in the U.K., the EU, the U.S. and China. “I
Nvidia’s Arm acquisition undergoes more scrutiny by the UK government
Nvidia’s $40 billion proposed acquisition of the Brtish chip designer, Arm, will undergo an even more in-depth investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as reported by CNBC. A notice on the UK government’s website confirms that Nadine Dorries, the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media,
Bugs in NVIDIA’s Jetson Chipset Opens Door to DoS Attacks, Data Theft
NVIDIA has patched nine high severity bugs found in its Jetson SoC framework pertaining to the way the program handles low-level cryptographic algorithms. The flaws allegedly impact millions of IoT devices utilizing the Jetson chips. This leaves the devices vulnerable to a variety of attacks, including denial-of-service (DoS) and data
Nvidia Warns Severe Security Bugs in GPU Driver, vGPU Software
Nvidia has warned consumers of severe security bugs that lie in their graphics processing unit (GPU) display driver and vGPU software offerings. The group of security vulnerabilities could subject gamers and users to arbitrary code execution, denial of service attacks (DoS), information disclosure, and privilege-escalation attacks. The virtual GPU software
Intel, Nvidia Face Questions from Lawmakers on Sale of Supercomputing Chips to China
Nvidia and Intel both manufacture and sell advanced computer chips and are now facing heat from lawmakers on their usage by the Chinese government and security forces. The chips are reportedly being used to power a supercomputer that allows China to host and conduct its mass surveillance system. The system
Nvidia tackles code execution flaws, data leaks in GeForce Experience
Nvidia released a security update yesterday that fixed several high severity flaws in the GeForce Experience software. The patch update addresses issues in all versions of GeForce Experience 3.20.5.70 on Windows and below. According to Nvidia, the flaws could lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, or
Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers of Serious Graphics Driver Bugs
Nvidia has disclosed it fixed two high-severity flaws in its graphics drivers. The vulnerabilities can be exploited to view sensitive data, gain privileges, or launch a denial-of-service attack on compromised Windows gaming devices. Nvidia, a graphics chipmaker, developed the GPU Display Driver for Windows and is used in devices targeted