Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) are special controllers for remote computer management integrated onto the motherboard. They are an integral part of many modern IT systems, providing the ability to monitor and manage embedded software and hardware. According to Ulrich, such systems have vulnerabilities that can be exploited by intruders. To reduce the risks of their exploitation, he advises users to remove unnecessary management utilities and monitor access to those management consoles that are indispensable.
Boeing 737 Max 8 crash as a result of software malfunction
IncreaseEthiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash may have been caused by pilots not knowing how to disable MCAS software
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash may have been caused by pilots not knowing how to disable MCAS software
The problems were caused by faulty onboard software, raising questions about the reliability of software that controls the aircraft's mechanical systems, writes Wayne Rush on the eWeek portal.
On March 10, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 italy whatsapp data in Ethiopia while en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. The crash came less than five months after another Lion Air plane of the same model crashed in Indonesia. According to preliminary findings of the Lion Air crash investigation, the pilots likely had a problem with the automatic system that prevents the plane’s nose from pitching up, losing power, and going into a spin. Boeing has recommended grounding all planes of the line worldwide. Many countries have grounded the 737 Max 8 and closed their skies to the plane.
The problems were caused by incorrect operation of the onboard software that controls the mechanical systems of aircraft. The number of such systems can reach tens or even hundreds, and many of them work with their own proprietary firmware. The situation requires a systemic understanding, since programs control mechanical systems and equipment not only in aircraft. They are everywhere: in cars (the newer they are, the more units are controlled by software), in production equipment, security systems, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, etc.