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One Flaw, Every Server Security researchers recently flagged a code-execution flaw buried deep in the UEFI firmware that sits underneath a huge share of the servers running the internet today. Not an app. Not an operating system.

A Flaw Baked Into the Hardware Security researchers at Eclypsium disclosed a vulnerability in AMI's MegaRAC firmware earlier this year that sits underneath a huge share of the server market. MegaRAC runs the baseboard management controller — the chip that lets IT teams remotely power cycle, monitor, and manage a server even when the operating system is down. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-54085, let an attacker with network access to that management interface take full control of the server witho

A Flaw Nobody Can See Security researchers disclosed a UEFI firmware vulnerability this year that sits below the operating system on a huge share of the world's server motherboards. Nobody browsing a website or running a point-of-sale system would ever see it. The flaw lives in the code that runs before the operating system even boots, the layer so far beneath the interface that most IT teams had to go check with their hardware vendor just to find out if they were exposed.

A Lesson From the Server Rooms A vulnerability disclosed this fall in UEFI firmware—the low-level code that boots a machine before any operating system loads—turned out to affect server hardware from multiple major manufacturers. Security researchers found it sitting in boot code that virtually nobody audits, because virtually nobody thinks about boot code at all. It just runs.

A Vulnerability Nobody Patched in Time Security researchers spent the last several weeks picking apart a firmware flaw buried in UEFI code that ships on server hardware across the globe. The vulnerability let attackers execute code before the operating system even loaded, meaning the compromise happened underneath every security tool meant to catch it. IT teams that assumed their infrastructure was solid got a blunt reminder: trust evaporates the moment someone checks under the hood and finds th

A Firmware Bug And A Lesson In Fragility A single motherboard firmware flaw disclosed this year turned out to affect the UEFI code running on the vast majority of the world's servers—the layer that boots before your operating system even loads, the part most IT teams never think about because it's supposed to just work. Researchers found that an attacker who compromised that layer could execute code with a level of access that survives a reinstall, a password reset, even a hard drive swap. The f

When the Infrastructure Breaks Did you catch the story about the UEFI firmware flaw that surfaced in server infrastructure running a huge share of the internet? Most business owners didn't, and there's no reason they should have. It's the kind of vulnerability that lives several layers below anything you'd ever touch — the chips and boot processes that LinkedIn, X, your CRM, and basically every platform you rely on sit on top of.

The Zero-Click Answer Problem Have you noticed how often you get your answer before you ever click a result anymore? You type a question into Google, and the response just sits there at the top of the page, fully formed, with maybe a few small logos tucked underneath it. You didn't visit anyone's website.

A Trust Problem Nobody Caught in Time Did you know a certificate authority can lose its entire public trust business over test certificates nobody was supposed to see? That's what happened to eMudhra in 2025. The India-based certificate authority had its root certificates distrusted by both Chrome and Mozilla after the browser makers found it had mis-issued certificates using a private key without proper authorization.

A Key Went Missing A certificate authority losing the trust of every major browser doesn't happen often, which is exactly why eMudhra's situation got attention. The company's root certificates underpin the padlock icon on millions of websites, the thing that tells your browser a connection is actually secure. When a private key tied to that trust chain leaked, browser vendors had one option: pull the plug.