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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Embedded Spyware In Dell Servers



Hardware giant Dell has confirmed that some of its PowerEdge servers, embedded motherboards are sent to customers from spyware.
According to Dell, the damage is limited to replacement of the board of the four products Dell Servers -- PowerEdge R310, PowerEdge R410, PowerEdge R510 and PowerEdge T410.

But the exact nature of malware and how it managed its way onto motherboards are not yet ready.Dell confirmed the problem, after a warning call from infected clients motherboard.

"As part of the quality of the process of Dell have indicated a potential problem for our services is the motherboard of materials, such as the one area of R410 PowerEdge and take preventive measures against customers, according to the. A potential problem involves a small number of PowerEdge servers motherboard mission sent by the service, which may contain malware. This is malware detection of embedded server management firmware, as you indicated.

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