CNET

Intel? Active Management Technology

What do PCs, laptops, handhelds and servers have in common? Right now very little for IT managers. Yet IT must manage these diverse platforms as if they were one interconnected system with ...
Threat Post

Critical Intel Active Management Technology Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation

The critical Intel vulnerability could allow unauthenticated attackers gain escalated privileges on Intel vPro corporate systems. Intel patched a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in its ...
ZDNet

Intel bangs the drum for Active Management

Intel claimed on Thursday that its Active Management product can play a big role in helping IT staff cope with the security challenges posed by laptop users. Speaking at NetEvents in Capri on Thursday ...
Threat Post

Platinum APT First to Abuse Intel Chip Management Feature

Microsoft has found a file-transfer tool used by the Platinum APT that leverages Intel Active Management Technology to stealthily load malware onto networked computers. Advanced attackers operating in ...
Bleeping Computer

Malware Uses Obscure Intel CPU Feature to Steal Data and Avoid Firewalls

Microsoft's security team has come across a malware family that uses Intel's Active Management Technology (AMT) Serial-over-LAN (SOL) interface as a file transfer tool. Because of the way the Intel ...
Bleeping Computer

Intel Fixes Critical Bugs in Management Engine, Its Secret CPU-On-Chip

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 ...
Hackaday

Intel Active Management Technology

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states, “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.” This law remains unassailable. However, recent claims have called into question a ...