Thanks for the heads up. There's only one R410 in our environment but I do believe one of our guys has a case open with Dell due to hardware issue.
- Sean On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]>wrote: > FYI: > > ============= Included Stuff Follows ============= > Dell PowerEdge R410 replacement motherboard firmware contains malware > > A Dell support forum post confirms that PowerEdge R410 replacement > motherboards contain malware. The posting is here > en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19339458.aspx. The > embedded server management firmware in some motherboards contain the > malicious code. The issue is not present on new servers and does not > impact non-Windows based servers. No further information on the malware > itself, mitigation techniques, the specific motherboards affected, nor > the > method of the original infection are yet available. Dell is sending > snail > mail and calling affected customers. Thanks Geoff and one other reader > for > bringing this to our attention! > > ============= Included Stuff Ends ============= > More here with links: http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9223 > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
