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.
  • Alphane MoonM
    6•4 months ago

    Paywalled, but reading from some other sources, you need admin-level access to exploit this.

    If an attacker has admin level access, you’ve got very very big problems already.

      • Alphane MoonM
        4•4 months ago

        Cheers, the Wired article aligns with other reporting on this.

        Seems like an issue of concern for very security-focused use cases and somewhat less relevant for consumer or ever typical business users.