“Some x86 CPUs have hidden backdoors that let you seize root by sending a command to an undocumented RISC core that manages the main CPU” tomshardware.com/news/x86-hidde…
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@lispmeister @mike_schatz ‘God-mode’ sounds way cooler than sudo.
@lispmeister @xoreaxeaxeax Or not "hidden" at all. It just needed finding. It was hidden in plain sight. He's done some cool stuff fuzzing instruction sets. Here's an excellent presentation on some of this techniques "sand sifter". youtube.com/watch?v=KrksBd…
@lispmeister @nixcraft In few years it will turn out that Intel ME, embedded in modern systems, provides a backdoor as well.
