
4 Dec
2017
4 Dec
'17
12:33 a.m.
'A pair of security researchers in Russia are claiming to have compromised the Intel Management Engine just using one of the computer's USB ports.'
You’ll be pleased to know, Linux laptop maker System76 has announced it will be disabling the Intel Management Engine in its products <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/01/system76_bans_bugridden_intel_management_engine/>.
Dell Begins Offering Laptops With Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled : https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/12/03/2113220/dell-begins-offering-la... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/