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 ...

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 ...

It seems some government customers can request Intel's always-on Management Engine (ME) 'master controller' for its CPUs to be disabled. That's not an option for the general public, but researchers at ...

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 ...

The Intel Management Engine (Intel ME) software components that need to be installed depend on the system's specific hardware and firmware features. The installer detects the system's capabilities and ...

The high-severity vulnerability could enable denial of service, privilege escalation and information disclosure. Intel is warning of a high-severity flaw in the firmware of its converged security and ...

Intel published a security advisory last night detailing eight vulnerabilities that impact core CPU technologies such as the Intel Management Engine (ME), Intel Server Platform Services (SPS), and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Something is rotten in the state of Intel. Over the last decade or so, Intel has dedicated enormous efforts to the security of their microcontrollers. For Intel, this is the only logical thing to do; ...