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Intel Tells Users to Uninstall Remote Keyboard App Over Unpatched Security Bugs (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

Intel has decided that instead of fixing three security bugs affecting the Intel Remote Keyboard Android app, it would be easier to discontinue the application altogether. BleepingComputer: The company announced its decision on Tuesday, following the discovery of three security bugs that affect all versions of the Intel Remote Keyboard. This is an Android application that Intel launched in 2015 to allow users to wirelessly control Intel NUC and Intel Compute Stick single-board computers. The bugs, discovered by three different researchers, when exploited, allow a nearby network attacker to inject keystrokes into remote keyboard sessions, and also execute malicious code on the user's Android device.

16 comments

  1. What about uninstalling intel severs and going amd by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 0

    What about uninstalling intel severs and going amd?

  2. Android by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That says it all.

    1. Re:Android by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      No... it really doesn't. These are bugs in an Intel developed app, not Android itself.

  3. God.... by Master5000 · · Score: 1

    ...Could they be even more incompetent? Intel has become a joke lately.

    1. Re:God.... by fizzer06 · · Score: 2

      It's almost like Intel is in the process of destroying their brand.

    2. Re:God.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      ...Could they be even more incompetent?

      Oh, please ... it's a fucking app ... means it was written by interns, or some outsourced company, or cobbled together in a few days in someone's spare time as a proof of concept and pushed out the door by marketing.

      Most apps are shit, and their sole purpose is usually to push ads and harvest your data. If the app does the same fucking thing as the company's web site, then doubly so.

      Apps are some of the worst written software I've seen, precisely because nobody gives a fuck about quality, just getting it out the door.

      So, Intel pushed our a shitty app, discovered it was broken beyond what they were prepared to spend on it, and now they're abandoning users. Color me fucking shocked.

      We've reached peak app, which means maybe we can get back to usable software, instead of shitty apps which have been cobbled together by idiots. Over time I've uninstalled so many apps that I've stopped looking for new ones.

      In a lot of ways, we have crappier software than we had in the 90s. First the internet turned everything into a crappy web-page which was worse than native apps for usability. Then it all became shitty apps.

      I miss good native software, because most of what we've had since has been complete garbage.

  4. Why on Earth is this even a THING??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Seriously, wtf. And people wonder why I don't use wireless keyboards or mice.

  5. Re:What about uninstalling intel severs and going by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Oh, cool, are you offering to cover the costs for that? Because uninstalling software doesn't cost me anything, unlike replacing boxes.

    Don't delude yourself assuming AMD is so pure, fanboi.

  6. Re:What about uninstalling intel severs and going by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That's just common sense. Too bad common sense is not very common these days (if ever).

  7. and AMD is back Intel needs to kicked off horse by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 1

    and AMD is back Intel needs to kicked off it's high horse.

  8. Re:What about uninstalling intel severs and going by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Compared to Intel anyone is pure, fagboi. They're the reason you have ring-0 backdoors with no password exposed to the internet right now idiot. Phagician, heal thyself.

  9. i use hamsters? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    you dont use a mouse eh?

  10. disturbing by Espectr0 · · Score: 1

    if intel can't secure an end user app, which should be fairly easy, can we trust them to secure their processors, a much, much harder task?

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    1. Re:disturbing by antdude · · Score: 1

      "Trust no one." --The X-Files

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  11. I've had enough of AMD and Intel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's time we the people work together to invent, develop, and release open source hardware. The 3d printers are many, and standing by.

    1. Re:I've had enough of AMD and Intel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's time we the people work together to invent, develop, and release open source hardware.

      Then do it, and stop wasting our time with your impotent whining on the Internet.