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user-inactivated  ·  1870 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New Intel CPU bug found: Like Spectre, only worse

This and all the undisclosed zero-day exploits makes me nervous when considering our dependency on IT.





johnnyFive  ·  1870 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As well it should. See also: IME and its ilk.

user-inactivated  ·  1870 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What is IME? I'm not familiar.

johnnyFive  ·  1869 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Intel Management Engine (although other CPU manufacturers have an equivalent). It's a little side OS that handles startup and some other things. But it's a black box, and could be used to compromise whatever computer it's running on.

user-inactivated  ·  1869 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Jeesh! Is this similar to what made Stuxnet so damaging?