Intel announces firmware vulnerability that could allow millions of computers to be remotely hijacked

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Intel announces firmware vulnerability that could allow millions of computers to be remotely hijacked [Copy link]

Intel this week acknowledged that multiple serious security vulnerabilities have been found in Intel processors sold in the past two years, including the latest 8th-generation Core processor series. The security vulnerabilities are mainly concentrated in the "Management Engine" function of Intel chips. These Intel chips, which have been supplied to equipment manufacturers such as Dell, Lenovo, and HP, can be remotely exploited to launch cyber attacks. Security experts said that it is not clear how difficult it is to exploit these vulnerabilities, but it is clear that such remote vulnerabilities at the chip level are disturbing, and the chips involved are already widely used, including the 6th-generation Core chips launched in 2015 and the 7th-generation chips launched last year.

It is predicted that these vulnerabilities can basically affect every commercial computer or server equipped with Intel processor released in the past two years>>>More

It seems that the already slow system will have another wave of security updates.

Do you often check for system updates and install them? Has your computer been "hijacked"? If your computer is "hijacked", what do you think should be done first?

shinykongcn

The first thing to do is to unplug the power cord? Why hijack it? Intel is also making trouble, so they should be able to make a patch to plug this vulnerability.

赵玉田

I am a person who must upgrade whenever there is an update, no matter if it is to plug security holes or not. I once saw a printing company's computer was infected with the Panda Burning Incense virus, and all Word and Excel icons turned into Panda Burning Incense icons. I was so scared that I went back to low-level format the computer hard drive and repartitioned it to do the system. Now I often encounter DNS hijacking, and I modify it manually as soon as possible. That's it.

johnrey

There is only a forwarding, no original text, no truth. Besides, the chip vulnerability needs code to be exploited, and to remotely execute code, you have to hack into the system first, so Microsoft has to take the blame again?

shihuntaotie

amd fx6300, safe for now.

通宵敲代码

I was so scared that I broke the CPU

ywlzh

johnrey posted on 2017-11-23 13:02 There is only a forwarding, no original text, no truth. Besides, the chip vulnerability needs code to exploit, and to remotely execute code, you have to hack first...

MAC said: It's none of my business

wn5675

viphotman

Haven't used such a new CPU yet

hk6108

Basically, the more complex the functionality, the greater the chance that the code will "break", and the greater the risk that the remediation will cause other defects.