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

August 9, 2024 Andy Greenberg

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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Google's Rise Was Inevitable. So Was Its Antitrust Ruling
Google's Rise Was Inevitable. So Was Its Antitrust Ruling

This week, a US federal district court judge ruled that Google was a monopolist. It's been a long time coming.

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How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards
How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards

A team of researchers have developed a method for extracting authentication keys out of HID encoders, which...