Intel and AMD: New Hardware-security holes discovered

Almost all of the Intel Chips of the past five and all the AMD Chips of the last nine years have Hardware security vulnerabilities. We summarize the latest News.

Meltdown and the Spectre seem to have been brought to a close, Intel in the spring of 2020 new and (hopefully) secure CPUs and AMD has Ryzen a run. Last weekend, the new Hardware security vulnerabilities, however, have become known, the owners of the CPUs of the two manufacturer as well as prospective buyers for a purchase unsettle. Potential problems with the new leaks are Intel’s serious, although not as in the case of the above-mentioned gaps. We summarize the current messages for you.

As the security firm Positive Technologies Security (PT Security) reported in the past week, has Intel’s “Converged Security and Management Engine” (CSME) is a non-repairable weak. The CSME is practically a self-contained component, the complete access to all the data from the CPU flows. Intel will not disclose any information to make cyber criminals unnecessarily easy.

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According to PT Security the gap to a Firmware error, fixed in the unalterable ROM (Read Only Memory) of Intel CPUs and chipsets is. Since CSME controls, many safety features, it multiplies the risk. To mention about the encryption for Secure Boot, DRM (copy protection), and certain privacy information (Enhanced Privacy ID). The CSME also houses enables Trusted Platform Module (TPM), the operating system and Apps, the management of access to, for example, encrypted systems.

Hackers might take the Advantage of Firmware-errors control over encryption mechanisms, and to run malicious Code. This can lead to Chaos if, for example, “Hardware fake IDs, digital protected Content read-out or encrypted data are disclosed”.

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Affected are almost all Intel CPUs in the last five years. Intel had already warned in February of a CSME-gap, which is now re-evaluated. The error is in the next 10. CPU Generation from Intel for 2020 fixed, which is expected to begin in April. Laptops with mobile versions of the new Chips are already available. The gap carries with it risks. An Exploit requires local access. The power of Intel’s history of security vulnerabilities in the past three years, but not better.

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