Colossal Intel Update Anchored by Critical Privilege-Escalation Bugs

Intel released 40 security advisories in total, addressing critical- and high-severity flaws across its Active Management Technology, Wireless Bluetooth and NUC products. Continue reading Colossal Intel Update Anchored by Critical Privilege-Escalation Bugs

Intel AMT Loophole Allows Hackers to Gain Control of Some PCs in Under a Minute

Researchers say an unprotected Management Engine BIOS Extension can allow an attacker the ability to configure Intel’s AMT feature for remote access by a hacker. Continue reading Intel AMT Loophole Allows Hackers to Gain Control of Some PCs in Under a Minute

Intel AMT Loophole Allows Hackers to Gain Control of Some PCs in Under a Minute

Researchers say an unprotected Management Engine BIOS Extension can allow an attacker the ability to configure Intel’s AMT feature for remote access by a hacker. Continue reading Intel AMT Loophole Allows Hackers to Gain Control of Some PCs in Under a Minute

Intel Patches CPU Bugs Impacting Millions of PCs, Servers

Intel released eight patches for vulnerabilities in remote management software and firmware that could allow local adversaries to elevate privileges, run arbitrary code, crash systems and eavesdrop on communications. Continue reading Intel Patches CPU Bugs Impacting Millions of PCs, Servers

Researcher: ‘Baseless Assumptions’ Exist About Intel AMT Vulnerability

Embedi, which is behind the Intel AMT vulnerability revealed Monday, seeks to clarify “baseless assumptions” being made about the flaw. Continue reading Researcher: ‘Baseless Assumptions’ Exist About Intel AMT Vulnerability

Intel Finally Patches Critical AMT Bug (Kinda)

Intel finally patches the critical AMT bug discovered in March by security researcher Maksim Malyutin at Embedi, I say ‘kinda’ because it’s not really up to Intel to deploy the fix to the problem. They can’t really push out updates to CPUs, but at least they have fixed it in the firmware and now the […]

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Intel Hidden Management Engine – x86 Security Risk?

So it seems the latest generation of Intel x86 CPUs have implemented a Intel hidden management engine that cannot be audited or examined. We can also assume at some point it will be compromised and security researchers are labelling this as a Ring -3 level vulnerability. This isn’t a new issue though, people have been […]

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