Joanna Rutkowska's blog points to recent paper on a survey of the various problems and attacks presented against the x86 platform over the last 10 years. The paper does not present new exploits but does cover: the BIOS (UEFI) and booting; peripherals; the Intel Management Engine; and several other aspects of x86 insecurity. Some of the problems appear insurmountable as described.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @02:07PM
A researcher (Ms. Rutkowska) with the balls to say what lots of other people have been muttering in their offices over the years. And the research chops to back it up.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @02:11PM
Bit below the belt there!
Everyone is agreed Intel ME / AMD PSP are unwanted, so what are the viable alternative platforms for equivalent workloads?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @02:15PM
I'd like to see MIPS64 make a comeback. PowerPC seems to have been tried and failed.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @02:27PM
Also (this is to SN Mods), what is with the stupid beards men choose to wear these days?
Those guys need to be punched in the face!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @02:37PM
Progressive sexism is still sexism dear. Is there something else relevant to your example that would exclude a trans-woman from having a stupid beard and needing a punch to the face?
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday October 30 2015, @03:03PM
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