Google’s security researchers with the now famous Project Zero, disclosed yesterday two vulnerabilities, named Meltdown and Spectre. Even as the new year starts, this could be 2018’s largest vulnerability discovery, as it affects all software running on Intel processors, regardless of Operating System. Basically, every Intel processor after 1995 is affected. The vulnerability exploits “out of order execution” The large group of researchers collaborated from … Read More
Vulnerable: Intel Management Engine, Server Platform Services and Trusted Execution Engine.
Intel has released a security notice regarding its ME, SPS and TXE platforms. These vulnerabilities provide an entry point at the firmware level, allowing malicious high privilege process to run code and programs before the Operating System. The vulnerability is also exposed remotely. Affected Chipsets Include: Intel Core Processors 6th, 7th, and 8th Generation Intel Xeon E3-1200 V6 and V5 Intel Xeon Scalable … Read More