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mox , (edited )

Notable quote:

“It’s going to be nearly undetectable and nearly unpatchable.” Only opening a computer’s case, physically connecting directly to a certain portion of its memory chips with a hardware-based programming tool known as SPI Flash programmer and meticulously scouring the memory would allow the malware to be removed, Okupski says.

Let’s hope a microcode or BIOS update can prevent it from happening in the first place.

Original source:

info.defcon.org/event/?id=54863

Relevant links:

ioactive.com/…/def-con-talk-amd-sinkclose-univers…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSp38lFQeRE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0nh-TdpVg&t=2s

bleepingcomputer.com/…/new-amd-sinkclose-flaw-hel…

(I found the Bleeping Computer article more informative and concise than the Wired one.)

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