Newly Revealed Flaw in Intel Processors Allows Undetectable Malware
eWeek | December 06, 2017
The vulnerability presented by researchers from Positive Technologies at Black Hat Europe Dec. 6 detail a nightmare scenario. The CPU flaw allows malware to reside on nearly any recent Intel-based computer manufactured since at least 2015 so that it’s completely undetectable. That malware has access to everything on the computer or that passes through the computer, regardless of encryption or other protective technologies. Switching off the computer doesn’t get rid of the malware.