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It's public knowledge this is real, you can use the tech in any corporate environment.Intel advertise it on their website, boasting of being able to control the "...computer as though you are sitting in front of it". Its not unrealistic to think it was used against Trump considering call monitoring was.
Very real. It's not just a patch to fix - bios ME stuff also needs disabling / removing.
Stark warnings when removing once this is removed it can't be restored yeh good -
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Some juicy reverse engineering was done on the ME back in 2014 from REcon. And HackaDay had a great writeup in 2016. It's real and the dominant architecture in all data centers. It has complete access to the computer.
There are no known vulnerabilities in the ME to exploit right now: we’re all locked out of the ME. But that is security through obscurity. Once the ME falls, everything with an Intel chip will fall. It is, by far, the scariest security threat today, and it’s one that’s made even worse by our own ignorance of how the ME works.
AMD does not have this type of management engine by default on their products at least not the same functionality or enabled by default as far as I know. For the most part, it is mostly enterprise class that has the ME onboard so unless you are using a Dell XPS you are safe.
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Very true, the difference is that Intel is the dominant platform. Intel is in every data center in the order of 90%. AMD is small potatoes in the enterprise world.
Didn't AMD state after this came out they were going to open source their ME? Don't think they actually did that yet, but I recall reading something along those lines.
Sadly even if open source you don't know if they're secretly using a backdoored fork for their hardware...
Yes, this came out back in January in all the major publications, supposedly all os’s have been patched against external communications, but if they capture your hardware this exploit can be used to read your encryption keys etc :(
It and more are real. Hardware backdoors negate the need for software ones so any and all encryption used is null and void. In fact the more you try to hide the more they activate your hardware to spy on you because unless they have total access they deem it as having none.
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[–] Tallest_Skil 1 point 21 points 22 points (+22|-1) ago
This LARP? Who knows. The existence of Intel backdoors as a concept? It’s proven. You can’t escape it.
[–] dooob 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-operating-system/
Literally search "intel backdoor" and get countless articles... "Muh who knows"
[–] lxbb 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
It's public knowledge this is real, you can use the tech in any corporate environment.Intel advertise it on their website, boasting of being able to control the "...computer as though you are sitting in front of it". Its not unrealistic to think it was used against Trump considering call monitoring was.
[–] Devious1 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Very real. It's not just a patch to fix - bios ME stuff also needs disabling / removing. Stark warnings when removing once this is removed it can't be restored yeh good -
[–] 13229259? 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Some juicy reverse engineering was done on the ME back in 2014 from REcon. And HackaDay had a great writeup in 2016. It's real and the dominant architecture in all data centers. It has complete access to the computer.
AMD does not have this type of management engine by default on their products at least not the same functionality or enabled by default as far as I know. For the most part, it is mostly enterprise class that has the ME onboard so unless you are using a Dell XPS you are safe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kCICUPc9_8 <- Recon presentation
https://hackaday.com/2016/01/22/the-trouble-with-intels-management-engine/
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Very true, the difference is that Intel is the dominant platform. Intel is in every data center in the order of 90%. AMD is small potatoes in the enterprise world.
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Didn't AMD state after this came out they were going to open source their ME? Don't think they actually did that yet, but I recall reading something along those lines.
Sadly even if open source you don't know if they're secretly using a backdoored fork for their hardware...
[–] dayofthehope 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
It's got to be real, otherwise why not Open Source ME?
[–] ADaniels 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Yes, this came out back in January in all the major publications, supposedly all os’s have been patched against external communications, but if they capture your hardware this exploit can be used to read your encryption keys etc :(
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It and more are real. Hardware backdoors negate the need for software ones so any and all encryption used is null and void. In fact the more you try to hide the more they activate your hardware to spy on you because unless they have total access they deem it as having none.
The Amish had it right all this time...