ZDNet

Computer vendors start disabling Intel Management Engine

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 ...
Liliputing

System76 will disable Intel Management engine on its Linux laptops

System76 is one a handful of companies that sells computers that run Linux software out of the box. But like most PCs that have shipped with Intel’s Core processors in the past few years, System76 ...
Threat Post

Intel Confirms Its Much-Loathed ME Feature Has A Kill Switch

A previously undocumented kill switch for a remote management feature baked into many Intel chips can be switched off. Researchers at Positive Technologies forced Intel’s hand at revealing that a ...
CSOonline

Now you, too, can disable Intel ME ‘backdoor’ thanks to the NSA

Researchers discovered an undocumented configuration setting that can used to disable the Intel ME master controller that has been likened to a backdoor. A team of researchers from Positive ...
Liliputing

Intel confirms security vulnerabilities in Intel Management Engine

Intel has come under fire recently for bundling hidden firmware on some chips. While Intel Management Engine provides some hardware-based security and power management features, it’s also a completely ...
ZDNet

Intel: We've found severe bugs in secretive Management Engine, affecting millions

Thanks to an investigation by third-party researchers into Intel's hidden firmware in certain chips, Intel decided to audit its firmware and on Monday confirmed it had found eight severe bugs that ...
HotHardware

Here's How To Disable Intel Management Engine And Slam Its Alleged Security Backdoor Shut

A team of researchers from Positive Technologies have dug into the innards of Intel Management Engine (ME) 11 and have found a way to turn the feature off. If you aren't familiar with ME, it's a ...