Dell replacement motherboards have firmware malware….

Short Sharp Science: PC giant warns of hardware trojan: “News that Dell may have a hardware trojan problem emerged on a support forum after a user was warned by a Dell call centre that the firm’s PowerEdge R410 server motherboard contains spyware of unspecified function that a Dell engineer needed to come and remove.

Dell confirms on the same forum: ‘The potential issue involves a small number of PowerEdge server motherboards sent out through service dispatches that may contain malware. This malware code has been detected on the embedded server management firmware.'”

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Indigo 4.1.11 Released

Perceptive Automation indicates that  Indigo 4.1.11 is now available for download.

In addition to the major 4.0 improvements and 4.1 features, this update includes:

  • Improved robustness of PowerLinc 2413 auto-reconnect after power failures.
  • Added Web (HTTP) RESTful device toggle capability.
  • Added a variable to the iTunes Attachment.scpt file that, if present in Indigo (it isn’t created automatically), will get populated with the last spoken message from pauseiTunesAndSay(). See iTunes Attachment.scpt file for details.

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