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Undocumented tech on Intel processors - another security issue?

However, it said the flaw had been addressed and solved. ‘The Intel VISA issue, as discussed at BlackHat Asia, relies on physical access and a previously mitigated vulnerability,’ Intel told us.
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Already mitigated.
 
tangoseal said:
It appears Intel may have some hidden undocumented technology in thier chips. Tech between the PCH and the CPU that is called VISA and can be used to collect AMD analyze any and all data on a system.

Read: https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/28/myst...intel-computer-chips-researchers-say-9044193/
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Hmm... Software that is managing the chipset hardware needs to know what all is connected to it to do its job? Stop the presses.

As mentioned above, the exploit the article talks about was fixed 2 years ago.

I love the scaremongering picture they use:
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Metro is a tabloid, by the way. It's only "the most circulated paper in the UK" because it's free.
 
Thanks OP for the information, I appreciate you posting it, do not let it bother you. :)
 
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