Hackaday

Neutralizing Intel’s Management Engine

Five or so years ago, Intel rolled out something horrible. Intel’s Management Engine (ME) is a completely separate computing environment running on Intel chipsets that has access to everything. The ME ...
ZDNet

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

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Hackaday

Intel Management Engine

Intel ME, AMT, SMT, V-Pro… All of these acronyms are kind of intimidating, all we know about them is that they are tied to remote control technologies rooted deep in Intel CPUs, way deeper than even ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Wired

Intel Chip Flaws Leave Millions of Devices Exposed

Security researchers have raised the alarm for years about the Intel remote administration feature known as the Management Engine. The platform has a lot of useful features for IT managers, but it ...
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, ...
ExtremeTech

Dell Sells PCs Without Intel's Management Engine, but With Tradeoffs

Last week, we reported that Dell had become the first major OEM to sell laptops that didn't use the Intel Management Engine. The move was significant, both because of Dell's size and because the other ...
Bit-Tech

Intel warns of serious Management Engine vulnerabilities

Intel has warned of serious flaws in the Intel Management Engine (IME), a secondary Minix-based computer built into all recent Intel platforms, which allows for the execution of arbitrary code ...
Hexus

Intel Management Engine runs on MINIX 3 OS

There is growing unrest concerning the scope and potential for mischief arising from the deployment of modern processors packing Intel’s Management Engine. Back in May the EFF published an article ...
TechRepublic

Is the Intel Management Engine a backdoor?

Is Intel’s Management Engine a backdoor for security groups and hackers, or just a feature created to aid businesses? Jack Wallen dives in and draws his conclusions. Various sources report that ...