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minus-squareFades@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decades
minus-squarearefx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 年前I’m not that worried about it effecting me lol, i would be more concerned about my intel cpu dying, especially since it’s been around for decades.
minus-squareLeadersAtWork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 年前tldr: Flaw can give a hacker access to your computer only if they have already bypassed most of the computer’s security. This means continue not going to sketchy sites. Continue not downloading that obviously malicious attachment. Continue not being a dumbass. Proceed as normal. Because if a hacker got that deep your system is already fucked.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 年前It’s more serious than normal because if your PC ever gets owned, a wipe and reinstall will not remove the exploit. “Nissim sums up that worst-case scenario in more practical terms: “You basically have to throw your computer away.””
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前Okay, so what gets permanently “owned?” The BIOS on the motherboard, the CPU? is the GPU also hosed?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 年前The CPU is hosed. I assume the throw away is in reference to laptops or mini PCs where the CPU isn’t socketed.
minus-squarearefx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 年前Yeah the Intel issue is definitely a bigger problem. Imo.
Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decades
I’m not that worried about it effecting me lol, i would be more concerned about my intel cpu dying, especially since it’s been around for decades.
tldr: Flaw can give a hacker access to your computer only if they have already bypassed most of the computer’s security.
This means continue not going to sketchy sites.
Continue not downloading that obviously malicious attachment.
Continue not being a dumbass.
Proceed as normal.
Because if a hacker got that deep your system is already fucked.
It’s more serious than normal because if your PC ever gets owned, a wipe and reinstall will not remove the exploit.
“Nissim sums up that worst-case scenario in more practical terms: “You basically have to throw your computer away.””
Okay, so what gets permanently “owned?” The BIOS on the motherboard, the CPU? is the GPU also hosed?
The CPU is hosed. I assume the throw away is in reference to laptops or mini PCs where the CPU isn’t socketed.
Yeah the Intel issue is definitely a bigger problem. Imo.