Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
2026-08-08T08:51:37Z•86cc842d8747693e0f8e168f67634f37a738f10297bd6d883684569979991373
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What happened
Ars Technica security feed covering active exploitation of critical Exchange and Windows vulnerabilities, Secure Boot bypasses, router targeting by Russian state actors, ransomware, ClickFix social engineering, vulnerable server motherboard controllers, and emerging risks from autonomous AI agents conducting real-world attacks.
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- 2026-08-08T08:51:37Z
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