In order to avoid severe security vulnerabilities for the platforms, MSI motherboards now support the latest Intel Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) 3.0 for safer system protection.... MSI adds latest Intel TXE 3.0 security update to BIOS for 100, 200 and 300 Series motherboards
Even though I still have the X299 Pro Gaming Carbon AC, it's in my HTPC (and even that is temporary). I really don't like their motherboards or their 'support' anymore. Why would they make an announcement like this when it quite clearly does not hold true for many of the specified models?
If anyone is interested... In response to issues identified by external researchers, Intel has performed an in-depth comprehensive security review of our Intel® Management Engine (ME), Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS), and Intel® Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) with the objective of enhancing firmware resilience. As a result, Intel has identified security vulnerabilities that could potentially place impacted platforms at risk. Description: In response to issues identified by external researchers, Intel has performed an in-depth comprehensive security review of its Intel® Management Engine (ME), Intel® Trusted Execution Engine (TXE), and Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS) with the objective of enhancing firmware resilience. As a result, Intel has identified several security vulnerabilities that could potentially place impacted platforms at risk. Systems using ME Firmware versions 11.0/11.5/11.6/11.7/11.10/11.20, SPS Firmware version 4.0, and TXE version 3.0 are impacted. Affected products: 6th, 7th & 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v5 & v6 Product Family Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family Intel® Xeon® Processor W Family Intel® Atom® C3000 Processor Family Apollo Lake Intel® Atom Processor E3900 series Apollo Lake Intel® Pentium™ Celeron™ N and J series Processors https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=intel-sa-00086&languageid=en-fr
