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'Sinkclose' Flaw in AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
From https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/...ble-infections:
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Security flaws in your computer's firmware, the deep-seated code that loads first when you turn the machine on and controls even how its operating system boots up, have long been a target for hackers looking for a stealthy foothold. But only rarely does that kind of vulnerability appear not in the firmware of any particular computer maker, but in the chips found across hundreds of millions of PCs and servers. Now security researchers have found one such flaw that has persisted in AMD processors for decades, and that would allow malware to burrow deep enough into a computer's memory that, in many cases, it may be easier to discard a machine than to disinfect it.
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Note: had to shorten the original title to fit within the Vbulleting maximum length .....
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