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@nzmaa@lemy.lol to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months ago

‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

www.wired.com

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‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

www.wired.com

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Researchers warn that a bug in AMD’s chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer—and that it has persisted in the company’s processors for decades.
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  • @refalo@programming.dev
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    25•11 months ago

    need boot capabilities in order to “exploit” this

    only with broken Secure Boot implementations

    already patched in EPYC microcode

    a nothingburger released suspiciously a day after Intel breaks news of being sued by their own shareholders (https://www.techpowerup.com/325414/intel-faces-shareholder-lawsuit-amid-financial-turmoil-and-layoffs-company-misled-investors)

  • @ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
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    What a shitty clickbait title.

    virtually all AMD chips dating back to 2006, or possibly even earlier.

    Title could be shorter and more precise while still having the same deeming message.

  • @JAWNEHBOY@reddthat.com
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    5•11 months ago

    Archive version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240809125525/https://www.wired.com/story/amd-chip-sinkclose-flaw/

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