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 ...
Hackaday

Intel Active Management Technology

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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
ZDNet

Researchers say Intel's Management Engine feature can be switched off

It seems some government customers can request Intel's always-on Management Engine (ME) 'master controller' for its CPUs to be disabled. That's not an option for the general public, but researchers at ...
Liliputing

Intel confirms security vulnerabilities in Intel Management Engine

Intel has come under fire recently for bundling hidden firmware on some chips. While Intel Management Engine provides some hardware-based security and power management features, it’s also a completely ...
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 ...
ExtremeTech

Intel Patches Major Flaws in the Intel Management Engine

Intel has released a new set of updates for the Intel Management Engine. There are multiple significant security vulnerabilities in the engine that this should address, once OEMs make fixes available.
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 ...