Security in question: Microsoft discovers a security hole in Huawei's Matebook laptops

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Huawei is once again in the eye of the hurricane with new news, something that is not new, since the controversy with Huawei is coming from far. If we recently saw how his CFO, Meng Wanzhou, had been detained for having different Apple devices to his credit (an iPad Pro, an iPhone and a Macbook) and in this way violated Huawei&39;s policy, which requires its workers use only branded devices, now it is Microsoft that seems to have discovered another striking case that affects the Chinese company."

And it is that with security and privacy questioned by the US authorities (and also from other countries), at least as far as Huawei is concerned, it is striking that now , from Microsoft, have discovered a rear slit through which some Huawei laptops could facilitate unwanted access.

At the Wannacry level

Specifically it is about the Matebook family of laptops, which have Windows 10. This has caused Microsoft to be indirectly affected , since it is one of the partners of the company that uses its operating system.

After conducting an investigation, a Microsoft team has come across a security breach on these computers.A security flaw detected by Windows Defender ATP that affects the Huawei device manager driver and that results in what would be the existence of a door rear through which to make an attack.

This vulnerability could make it easier for a cybercriminal to attack low-level kernel protections, a flaw of the same severity as _ransomware_ WannaCry that we saw months ago and that affected computers all over the world.

This open door is not a danger by itself, since as Microsoft warns, manufacturers can add it as method for remote assistance of their equipmentThe problem itself is given because this door is not sufficiently protected.

The security breach has already been corrected by Huawei, since the company was warned of the problem in January. In addition, Windows 10 version 1809 improved protection to prevent problems with these types of threats by improving Windows Defender.

What is clear is that Huawei seems to be sowing too many doubts among those users, entities and governments given to suspicions. If with the issue of espionage, the situation was not easy for the Chinese company, cases like this surely do not improve the situation and the image of the company.

Via | ArsTechnica