some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 3 months agoResearchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decadeswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down153file-text
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkResearchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decadeswww.engadget.comsome_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYou forget that the CPU has a nanny CPU built in these days.
minus-squarerhombus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWhich, again, is an incredibly unlikely attack vector unless you have some government secrets on your computer. And chances are that any attack through the IME or PSP is trying to do an implant into the UEFI/BIOS and not the processor itself.
You forget that the CPU has a nanny CPU built in these days.
Which, again, is an incredibly unlikely attack vector unless you have some government secrets on your computer. And chances are that any attack through the IME or PSP is trying to do an implant into the UEFI/BIOS and not the processor itself.