@nzmaa@lemy.lol to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infectionswww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1222cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cahardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
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minus-square@DrathrolinkEnglish76•1 month agoI think they meant it as “once infected may be impossible to disinfect.” But it sure doesn’t read that way at first glance.
minus-squareWHYAREWEALLCAPSlinkfedilink19•1 month agoDid they change it? Because now it says “Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections” and that seems to say exactly what you are.
minus-square@psud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoSurely one could use the same exploit to restore the original boot code as the malware used to corrupt it
I think they meant it as “once infected may be impossible to disinfect.” But it sure doesn’t read that way at first glance.
Did they change it? Because now it says “Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections” and that seems to say exactly what you are.
Surely one could use the same exploit to restore the original boot code as the malware used to corrupt it