Intel’s Secret Key to Decrypt Microcode Patches is Exposed

Read the original article: Intel’s Secret Key to Decrypt Microcode Patches is Exposed


A group of security vulnerability researchers, after many months of work, were able to figure out the update process and secret key used to decrypt Intel microcode updates for the Goldmont architecture product lines.

This is an important finding as it peels back yet another layer of the onion that protects the core CPU from…


Read the original article: Intel’s Secret Key to Decrypt Microcode Patches is Exposed