Researchers find almost EVERY computer with an Intel Skylake and above CPU can be owned via USB

Posted by bob on Nov 10, 2017 4:09 PM CST
The Next Web; By Matthew Hughes
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The Intel Management Engine (IME) is a component of virtually every Intel CPU released after 2008. Think of it as a CPU on top of a CPU; it does tasks separate from the main operating system while the computer is in use. Intel argues that it can be used to do remote administration tasks, although the likes of the EFF have long argued that having a “black box” that can control networking and hardware, even when the computer is switched off, represents a major security and privacy risk.

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