Critical vulnerability revealed on intel

Many years ago, Intel introduced the remote administration of its equipment, (AMT Technology), which although it was an option that offered many interesting advantages, also had its dark side. He had a big problem, which was his vulnerability.

This vulnerability allowed to control the computers and networks that had been attacked by exploits. This technology especially affects business customers, who were the ones with vulnerability to this failure. Intel is now releasing a patch to fix the problem.

Vulnerability of Intel equipment

The versions affected by this critical failure are versions from 6.x to 11.6, as confirmed by the company itself in a statement. This vulnerability is a serious problem for many users, since a potential attacker could do whatever he wants with the system and also install any type of malware that cannot be detected. Therefore, the risk is real and it is serious for many users.

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Some experts reveal that this failure could only be exploited if the services were enabled and provisioned within a network. According to official figures, the number of machines affected by various vulnerabilities is somewhat less than the 7, 000 servers that had the ports of these services enabled. But it is also warned that there may be thousands of more machines connected to these servers.

Intel has already made a patch available to correct this bug. They indicate in a step-by-step guide how to carry out this process and also offer a guide to avoid problems for the moment.