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.
  • Drathro@dormi.zoneEnglish
    77·
    1 year ago

    I think they meant it as “once infected may be impossible to disinfect.” But it sure doesn’t read that way at first glance.

    • WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io
      191·
      1 year ago

      Did they change it? Because now it says “Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections” and that seems to say exactly what you are.

      • psud@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Surely one could use the same exploit to restore the original boot code as the malware used to corrupt it