Intel breathes a sigh of relief as the spotlight moves off of them for a beat.

  • @db2
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    21 month ago

    It allows for adulteration of firmware, the CPU has firmware. 🤷

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      CPU firmware exploits are incredibly rare, if there even are any that exist beyond proof-of-concept. The chances of getting an infected CPU from this is so unlikely it’s practically impossible.

      • @db2
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        11 month ago

        You forget that the CPU has a nanny CPU built in these days.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Which, again, is an incredibly unlikely attack vector unless you have some government secrets on your computer. And chances are that any attack through the IME or PSP is trying to do an implant into the UEFI/BIOS and not the processor itself.