New research is a reminder of how versatile the hordes of infected computers can be in catering to hackers’ needs.

The company behind the product has failed to issue patches to fix the issue, despite researchers best efforts to contact the company.

Supermicro said an internal review of its production and testing process found no evidence of malicious hardware being implanted onto its motherboards, as a Bloomberg story had reported.

Researchers dubbed the scheme "DarkVishnya" and said attackers intruded in-person to plant malicious devices on banks' networks to steal money.

In an era when many workers admit they wouldn't hesitate to stick a stray USB stick into their work computer, the Industrial Control System Protection Neural, is meant to help energy, oil, gas and manufacturing organizations check for malicious software.

The company says that the T2 chip will completely cut off access to a MacBook's microphone when the lid is shut.