Computerworld

Despite patches, Supermicro’s IPMI firmware is far from secure, researchers say

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) implementation found in motherboards from server manufacturer Supermicro suffers from serious vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to ...
Network World

Out of band, out of mind: DEF CON research calls IPMI a ‘sanctioned backdoor’ into enterprise networks

Alongside the disclosure, runZero released OOBscan, an open-source tool that scans for vulnerable BMCs and other out-of-band management devices.

Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers

Thousands of Internet-connected servers sold by the world’s biggest manufacturers can be remotely backdoored by exploiting ...

Thousands of server motherboards are vulnerable to controller flaws that could give attackers hardware-level control

Baseboard management controllers, or BMCs, are small computers built into nearly every enterprise server. They have their own ...
Ars Technica

Supermicro A1SAM-2550F does not boot, IPMI still available

In 2016, I bought myself a Supermicro A1SAM-2550F motherboard, a Supermicro SC731 i-300B midtower case with a 300W power supply to 16 GB ECC DIMMs, a couple of hard drives and a USB stick. I built a ...