Nvidia pushes out urgent security patches — but there's a catch

Nvidia pushes out urgent security patches — merely there's a grab

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Got an Nvidia graphics card in your PC? You'll need to check whether yous need to install some updates.

Nvidia yesterday (Sept. 30) pushed out security updates for its Quadro, NVS and Tesla graphics-menu drivers, too as for its vGPU software used past virtual machines.

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The downside: Updated drivers for Nvidia GeForce cards, the sort most often used by gamers and consumers, won't be available until side by side week (subsequently Oct. five). We'll update this story when those are set.

The patches fix 11 security flaws that let unauthorized lawmaking execution, theft of sensitive information, escalation of system privileges and plain quondam deprival of service. In other words, hackers could use these flaws to install malware, steal data, take over your machine or just brand the Nvidia menu or software stop working.

How to update your Nvidia drivers

To make sure you take the latest Nvidia driver for your organization, offset check to run across what you take.

The easy mode: The GeForce Experience desktop software tells you lot what you've got and whether information technology's up to engagement nether the "Drivers" tab.

If you lot see a message that "You Have the Latest," then you're done for now, or at least until side by side week when new drivers should be released. If not, then you'll probable exist prompted to download the new driver.

The less piece of cake way: If you want to become technical, then right-click your desktop and select Nvidia Control Console to launch that characteristic. In the window that appears, click System Information at the bottom left. A smaller window will appear that will list your Nvidia components with the driver version for each to their correct.

Then you'll need to cruise over to the Nvidia Commuter Downloads web page, plug in the data about what kind of card and system you lot have into the drib-down options menu, and then striking "Search." The resulting folio will prove you the latest driver available.

Again, the GeForce drivers to patch these flaws will come the calendar week of Oct. 5, so please check back with u.s. in a week or so.

Paul Wagenseil is a senior editor at Tom'southward Guide focused on security and privacy. He has too been a dishwasher, fry melt, long-haul driver, code monkey and video editor. He'southward been rooting around in the data-security space for more than than 15 years at FoxNews.com, SecurityNewsDaily, TechNewsDaily and Tom's Guide, has presented talks at the ShmooCon, DerbyCon and BSides Las Vegas hacker conferences, shown up in random Tv set news spots and even moderated a panel discussion at the CEDIA home-technology conference. Y'all tin follow his rants on Twitter at @snd_wagenseil.