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Are older computers a security risk ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zero Knowledge" data-source="post: 870901" data-attributes="member: 57429"><p>Yes is the short answer. You have to be careful with old hardware because there are no driver/firmware updates to fix known vulnerabilities. Bluetooth is notorious for security issues and older versions before v5 (even v5 has issues) are vulnerable to attacks. Wifi is another attack vector. Bios/firmware another issue. It goes on and on sadly. The only saving grace is that Intel has released microcode updates for cpu's since sandy bridge but how long they will continue doing that for future security bugs is anyone's guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zero Knowledge, post: 870901, member: 57429"] Yes is the short answer. You have to be careful with old hardware because there are no driver/firmware updates to fix known vulnerabilities. Bluetooth is notorious for security issues and older versions before v5 (even v5 has issues) are vulnerable to attacks. Wifi is another attack vector. Bios/firmware another issue. It goes on and on sadly. The only saving grace is that Intel has released microcode updates for cpu's since sandy bridge but how long they will continue doing that for future security bugs is anyone's guess. [/QUOTE]
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