System Management covers privileged System Management Mode (SMM) level, dedicated System Management Interrupts (SMI) and SMM firmware. In x86-based processors, SMM exists as a special-purpose ...

Security researchers from Eclypsium have detailed yesterday a new variation of the Spectre attack that can recover data stored inside a secure CPU area named the System Management Mode (SMM). For ...

Yuriy Bulygin, the former head of Intel's advanced threat team, has published research showing that the Spectre CPU flaws can be used to break into the highly privileged CPU mode on Intel x86 systems ...

The CERT has published a warning about privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the UEFI firmware of Gigabyte mainboards. Updates are necessary. The CERT is currently issuing a warning about this. The ...

LAS VEGAS, May 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tachyum ® today announced that it has successfully demonstrated System Management on its Prodigy ® Universal Processor, validating its ability to run ...