pre-auth buffer overflow in ipmi devices
security bugs and excuses
How to reverse engineer backdoor algoritms hidden in firmware.
Looks like a dutch datacenter providing virtual private servers (VPS) got owned. The community-driven Soleus Hosts has exported their iSCSI targets world-writeable, unless some bored dutch guy demonstrated the seriousness of this incident by replacing all the ssh-keys on the compromised boxes. (via bugblue)
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