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Intel ME rootkits	2022-10-19T13:20:19-07:00	https://mastodon.social/@byterhymer/109181969125151465	Don't forget there have already been Intel ME rootkits too	SocialMediaPosting	@byterhymer@mastodon.social	https://mastodon.social/@byterhymer/109181969125151465

I know of two Intel ME rootkits that didn't involve Intel AMT; the latter can be enabled/disabled on "vPro" chips. One rootkit was from 2009 and seems less relevant now; the more recent of the two was by {{}} and {{}} at Black Hat Europe 2017: {{}}.

Without AMT, they required physical access. Most PCs are woefully unprepared against the sorts of attacks enabled by physical access, and ME is only one entry in a long list of issues.