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

  • rhombus@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    If I understand it correctly, the chip has the vulnerability, but the malware would be installed on the motherboard in the form of a bootkit. So getting a used CPU is not a threat, but getting a used motherboard is (and kind of always has been) a risk.

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      3 months ago

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

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        3 months 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.

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            3 months 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.