baseboard management controllers

Hackable Intel and Lenovo hardware that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed

reader comments 24 Hardware sold for years by the likes of Intel and Lenovo contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability that will never be fixed. The cause: a supply chain snafu involving an open source software package and hardware from multiple manufacturers that directly or indirectly incorporated it into their products. Researchers from security firm Binarly… Read More »

Vulnerabilities in Supermicro BMCs could allow for unkillable server rootkits

Getty Images reader comments 32 with If your organization uses servers that are equipped with baseboard management controllers from Supermicro, it may be time, once again, to patch seven high-severity vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit to gain control of them. And sorry, but the fixes must be installed manually. Typically abbreviated as BMCs, baseboard management… Read More »