The tiny ATtiny85 chip doesn’t look like the next big cyberthreat facing the world, but sneaking one on to a firewall motherboard would be bad news for security were it to happen.
Computer manufacturer Supermicro is still trying to lay to rest reports that the Chinese government tempered with its equipment to spy on Western cloud users.
Researchers have sounded a warning about the security of Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) - a critical component that datacentres depend on to manage servers.