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Thread ID: 145614 2017-12-17 20:59:00 Win10 Is a nmassive piece of s*** pctek (84) PC World Chat
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1443715 2018-01-04 06:11:00 Just read an article on how Intel and maybe AMD chips might be compromised and they are waiting for OS makers to patch the OS to fix said compromise. I wonder which OS will be patched and which will not. I'm picking half the Linux ones won't be while Windows and Apple will gary67 (56)
1443716 2018-01-04 06:27:00 I'm picking half the Linux ones won't be

Which ones?
KarameaDave (15222)
1443717 2018-01-04 06:29:00 Just read an article on how Intel and maybe AMD chips might be compromised and they are waiting for OS makers to patch the OS to fix said compromise. I wonder which OS will be patched and which will not. I'm picking half the Linux ones won't be while Windows and Apple will Interesting reading. Just found one article. Doesn't matter WHAT OS you have if a attacker gets to the chipset - its all over.


For those unaware, Intel-based chipsets come with ME enabled for local and remote system management, allowing IT administrators to remotely manage and repair PCs, workstations, and servers within their organization.

As long as the system is connected to a line power and a network cable, these remote functions can be performed out of band even when the computer is turned off as it operates independently of the operating system.

Since ME has full access to almost all data on the computer, including its system memory and network adapters, exploitation of the ME flaws to execute malicious code on it could allow for a complete compromise of the platform.
wainuitech (129)
1443718 2018-01-04 06:54:00 No, it's this one:
www.theregister.co.uk
fred_fish (15241)
1443719 2018-01-04 06:58:00 No, it's this one:
www.theregister.co.uk Ohhh So this is not the first time its happened. Thanks for the link Fred :thumbs:

One interesting section of the article
these changes were seeded to beta testers running fast-ring Windows Insider builds in November and December.

Crucially, these updates to both Linux and Windows will incur a performance hit on Intel products Got the insider builds, haven't noticed anything slowing down.
wainuitech (129)
1443720 2018-01-04 07:11:00 This guy has run several benchmarks on a range of systems (all running Linux but the results in Windows likely won't be much different)
He says that speed reduction will not be catastrophic in most use-cases.
"I have yet to find any very common workload where end-users would be dramatically impacted: the I/O slowdowns are when incurring heavy I/O synthetic benchmarking on fast NVMe solid-state drives."
www.phoronix.com

May be a different story for data centres etc
KarameaDave (15222)
1443721 2018-01-04 07:19:00 I hope for your continued wellbeing nobody knows where you live. :D

Why do you make such personal attacks?
Looking at your avatar I can see where you may live!
Digby (677)
1443722 2018-01-04 07:22:00 Is that a photo of your room?

www.phoronix.net

Can it do wordprocessing?
Do Harvey Normal sell them?
Digby (677)
1443723 2018-01-04 07:30:00 Can it do wordprocessing?
Do Harvey Normal sell them?

Ooooh word-processing, the ne plus ultra of computing :lol:

Who cares what Hardly Normal sell? No-one with industry knowledge buys there. Double:lol:
KarameaDave (15222)
1443724 2018-01-04 07:39:00 One interesting section of the article Got the insider builds, haven't noticed anything slowing down.

The latest insider Build is already patched I see

Anyone with ESET or Symantic Endpoint Protection there may be problems with KB4056892

malwaretips.com

Whats affected www.bleepingcomputer.com

See even Firefox is affected
Lawrence (2987)
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