Malware uses obscure Intel CPU feature to steal data and avoid firewalls
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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.
"Obscure Intel CPU Feature" is my new band's name
"The good news is that Intel AMT SOL comes disabled by default on all Intel CPUs, meaning the PC owner or the local systems administrator has to enable this feature by hand." Well, all-righty then. Never mind.
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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.
"Obscure Intel CPU Feature" is my new band's name
"The good news is that Intel AMT SOL comes disabled by default on all Intel CPUs, meaning the PC owner or the local systems administrator has to enable this feature by hand." Well, all-righty then. Never mind.
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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.
"Obscure Intel CPU Feature" is my new band's name
"The good news is that Intel AMT SOL comes disabled by default on all Intel CPUs, meaning the PC owner or the local systems administrator has to enable this feature by hand." Well, all-righty then. Never mind.
Hmmm - a different expansion for SOL than occurred to me.
'PLAN' is NOT one of those four-letter words.
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