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Chipzilla's security through obscurity withers under scrutiny In its ongoing exploration of Intel's Management Engine (ME), security biz Positive Technologies has reaffirmed the shortsightedness...
Spooks cop to shady 'Workings' where data retention rules don't apply MI5 unlawfully tapped Privacy International's communications, and was unable to accurately identify or locate all the...
Plus: Gov pay sites take a dive, and more Roundup When we weren't dealing with malware bricked-breweries, poorly-wiped servers or litigious vendors, we had a number of other security headaches to...
It’s only September and yet 2018 is well on its way to being remembered as the year of fixing flaws we didn’t realise were possible in hardware we’d never heard of.
Researcher Finds Intel's Previous Management Engine Patches Weren't FoolproofIntel has had a challenging time of late on the vulnerability front. It has issued yet another patch for its Management...
"God Mode" requires special USB debugging connector The security researchers who found a way to compromise Intel's Management Engine last year have just released proof-of-concept exploit code for...
Intel has made significant changes to the license for its latest CPU microcode updates after users complained that the previous version banned benchmarks and comparison tests. read more
It really really really didn't want you to know that there may be a significant performance hit Intel has backtracked on the license for its latest microcode update that mitigates security...
Microsoft this week made available another round of microcode updates created by Intel for mitigating the recently disclosed speculative execution vulnerabilities tracked as Foreshadow and L1...
New Windows 10 updates contain Intel's latest microcode fixes for the recently discovered Spectre variant 3a and 4 vulnerabilities.