Hackaday

Is Intel’s Management Engine Broken?

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states, “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.” This law remains unassailable. However, recent claims have called into question a ...
Fudzilla

Intel Management Engine turned over, thanks to NSA

A team of insecurity experts from Positive Technologies has found a way to disable the Intel Management Engine (ME) thanks to the NSA. For those who came in late, ME is as popular with the IT ...
Dark Reading

Intel Management Engine Has a Big Problem

Intel has finally 'fessed up that their Management Engine (ME) —- which is the computer that runs on top of your computer that uses Intel chips -— has a few vulnerabilities in it. Nothing to be ...
HotHardware

Intel Processor Management Engine Could Be Susceptible To Undetectable Rootkit Attacks

It has been suggested that the microprocessors we use each and every day could pack in a bit more than we bargained for; namely, the tools needed for spying or undetectable access. And unfortunately, ...
ZDNet

Computer vendors start disabling Intel Management Engine

Hidden inside your Intel-based computer is a mystery program called Management Engine (ME). It, along with Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) and Server Platform Services (SPS), can be used to remotely ...
Threat Post

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. Researchers have found a loophole in ...
Liliputing

Dell also sells laptops with Intel Management Engine disabled

Linux computer vendor System76 announced this week that it will roll out a firmware update to disable Intel Management Engine on laptops sold in the past few years. Purism will also disable Intel ...
Fudzilla

Linux-based System76 prefers to shut off the Intel Management Engine

Linux computer vendor System76 has said that it prefers to disable the Intel Management Engine wherever possible to reduce the amount of closed firmware running on System76 hardware. Phoronix reports ...
Bleeping Computer

Intel Fixes Critical Bugs in Management Engine, Its Secret CPU-On-Chip

Intel published a security advisory last night detailing eight vulnerabilities that impact core CPU technologies such as the Intel Management Engine (ME), Intel Server Platform Services (SPS), and ...
Threat Post

Intel Warns of Critical Info-Disclosure Bug in Security Engine

The issue is in an Intel chip used for remote management. A critical security bug in the Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine (CSME) could allow escalation of privilege, denial of service ...
HotHardware

Intel Confirms Serious Management Engine Security Vulnerability Affecting Millions Of PCs

Intel has acknowledged a serious vulnerability in the Intel Management Engine (IME), that was disclosed earlier this summer via the hard work of a team of security researchers. However, in addressing ...
Hackaday

The Trouble With Intel’s Management Engine

Something is rotten in the state of Intel. Over the last decade or so, Intel has dedicated enormous efforts to the security of their microcontrollers. For Intel, this is the only logical thing to do; ...