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Totally different. This is a compromise via a known firmware issue with the standard components on a motherboard. The Bloomberg article was about a hidden chi
by Twirrim 8y ago
Totally different. This is a compromise via a known firmware issue with the standard components on a motherboard.
The Bloomberg article was about a hidden chip being installed on a motherboard that provided a backdoor.
- wyldfire 8y agoStrikes me as odd that they didn't acknowledge the recent history of reporting on Supermicro BMC issues (in order to clearly distinguish them).
- jlgaddis 8y agoIf you read about both, it becomes pretty clear (at least, it did to me) that they aren't related. Bloomberg's story was about a (supposed) backdoored chip installed into the server at the factory, this is about flipping a bit in the firmware installed on the existing BMC.
- datavirtue 8y agoA microscopic chip that merely makes it one step easier to exploit these controllers.