Intel ME controller chip has secret kill switch

Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:07:44 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/29/intel_management_engine_can_be_disabled/

"Security researchers at London-based Positive Technologies have identified an
undocumented configuration setting that disables Intel Management Engine 11, a
CPU control mechanism that has been described as a security risk."

The story of the CPU in your CPU...  Via Erik de Castro Lopo.

Cheers,
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