Old Intel chips are vulnerable to a fresh security flaw

[ilikewhey]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/08/intel-memory-sinkhole-flaw/

since the old mac pro are on the x58 chipset, which predates sandy bridge. are we effected by this?

 

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

They would have to write the attack specifically for EFI firmware. And..

'To exploit the vulnerability and install the rootkit, attackers would already need to have kernel or system privileges on a computer. '

Just don't download anything dodgy or let anyone touch your machine.